impediment

«impediment» in Mova's school dictionary: something that gets in the way or makes progress hard — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (an impediment, impediments)

meaning for a pupil

1) An impediment is something that gets in the way or makes progress hard. tree →

2) A speech impediment is a difficulty in speaking, like a stammer or a lisp. tree →

3) (church, law) An impediment to marriage is a legal reason two people cannot marry. tree →

sense 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 →
• He has a slight speech impediment. tree →
• Speech therapy helped her impediment. tree →
• The priest asked if anyone knew of an impediment to the marriage. tree →
• Fallen trees were an impediment to the rescue. tree →
• Shyness need not be an impediment. tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «impediment» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.