hinder
pronunciation
How to pronounce hinder in British English:
UK [ˈhɪndə(r)]
How to pronounce hinder in American English:
US [ˈhɪndər]
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- Verb:
- be a hindrance or obstacle to
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- put at a disadvantage
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- Adjective:
- located at or near the back of an animal
Word Origin
- hinder (v.)
- Old English hindrian "to harm, injure, impair, check, repress," from Proto-Germanic *hinderojan (cognates: Old Norse hindra, Dutch hinderen, Old High German hintaron, German hindern "to keep back"), from a root meaning "on that side of, behind" (see hind (adj.)); thus the ground sense is "to put or keep back," though this sense in English is recorded only from late 14c. Related: Hindered; hindering.
- hinder (adj,)
- "situated in the rear, toward the back," late 14c., probably from Old English hinder (adv.) "behind, back, afterward," but treated as a comparative of hind (adj.). Related to Old High German hintar, German hinter, Gothic hindar "behind." Middle English had hinderhede, literally "hinder-hood; posterity in time, inferiority in rank;" and hinderling "person fallen from moral or social respectability, wretch."
Example
- 1. And it can hinder your life in many ways .
- 2. Can tv hinder reading scores and other educational development ?
- 3. In other words , it would help the company 's business model , not hinder it .
- 4. Critics responded that the proposals would only hinder banks .
- 5. Such disparity may hinder the canadian model 's spread .