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# impediment

noun (an impediment, impediments)

«impediment» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An impediment is something that gets in the way or makes progress hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impediment/#m1)
2. A speech impediment is a difficulty in speaking, like a stammer or a lisp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impediment/#m2)
3. (church, law) An impediment to marriage is a legal reason two people cannot marry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impediment/#m3)

### In the lessons

Formal writing (an impediment to learning), health (speech impediment, said kindly), church weddings («if anyone knows of any impediment…»).

### Examples

- Lack of money was an impediment to the plan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impediment/#x1)
- He has a slight speech impediment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impediment/#x2)
- Speech therapy helped her impediment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impediment/#x3)
- The priest asked if anyone knew of an impediment to the marriage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impediment/#x4)
- Fallen trees were an impediment to the rescue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impediment/#x5)
- Shyness need not be an impediment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impediment/#x6)

### Note

Formal. Verb: impede (to slow down or block). Be kind: a speech impediment is not a sign of low intelligence.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «impediment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impediment/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«impediment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/impediment.html) on Mova free.