hinder
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- hindre (archaic)
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English hindren, from Old English hindrian, from Proto-Germanic *hindrōną, *hinderōną (“to hinder”), from Proto-Germanic *hinder (“back”) (adverb). Cognate with Dutch hinderen and German hindern, Latin contra (“back, against”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɪndə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɪndɚ/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) Audio (southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪndə(ɹ)
VerbEdit
hinder (third-person singular simple present hinders, present participle hindering, simple past and past participle hindered)
- (transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
- Synonyms: delay, frustrate, hamper, impede, obstruct, prevent, thwart; see also Thesaurus:hinder
- Antonyms: assist, expedite, facilitate, help
- A drought hinders the growth of plants.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 75, column 2:
- We doubt not of a faire and luckie Warre, / Since God ſo graciouſly hath brought to light / This dangerous Treaſon, lurking in our way, / To hinder our beginnings.
- 2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 – 0 Everton”, in BBC Sport[1], archived from the original on 5 December 2018:
- Arsenal were playing without a recognised full-back – their defence comprising four centre-halves – and the lack of width was hindering their progress.
- (transitive, intransitive) To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.
- She hindered a man from committing suicide.
- Synonyms: bar, block, delay, hamper, impede, obstruct, restrain, stop
- Antonyms: aid, assist, help
- c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii], page 28, column 1:
- Then let me goe, and hinder not my courſe: [...]
- 1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], “Who Heir?”, in Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], →OCLC, book I, paragraph 142, pages 181–182:
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause harm.
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Etymology 2Edit
comparative form of hind: more hind
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪn.də/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪn.dɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪndə(ɹ)
AdjectiveEdit
hinder (not comparable)
- Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows.
- the hinder end of a wagon
- the hinder parts of a horse
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- Let no man say that the Devil is not a cruel tyrant. He may give his folk some scrapings of unhallowed pleasure, but he will exact tithes, yea, of anise and cummin, in return, and there is aye the reckoning to pay at the hinder end.
- 1990, C. W. H. Havard, editor, Black's Medical Dictionary, 36th edition, page 673:
- On a line dividing the front two-thirds from the hinder one-third, and set in the shape of a V, is a row of seven to twelve large flat-topped circumvallate papillae, […]
AdjectiveEdit
hinder
- comparative form of hind: more hind
Usage notesEdit
Most current uses of this adjective occur in anatomical contexts.
QuotationsEdit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:hinder.
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NounEdit
hinder (plural hinders)
- (slang, euphemistic) The buttocks.
QuotationsEdit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:hinder.
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AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From the verb hindre (“to hinder”). Compare Swedish hinder, German Low German hinder, hinter, Dutch hinder.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hinder n
- (obsolete) hindrance, obstacle, impediment, obstruction
- in the modern language only in the expression være til hinder (“to be in the way”)
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hinder c
- indefinite plural of hind
Etymology 3Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hinder c
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch hinder, from the verb hinderen.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hinder m (uncountable)
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VerbEdit
hinder
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
VerbEdit
hinder
- inflection of hindern:
Haitian CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French aider (“to help”).
VerbEdit
hinder
- (Saint-Domingue) to help
- Hinder nion monde dans bisoin. ― To help a person in need.
ReferencesEdit
- S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
hinder n (definite singular hinderet or hindret, indefinite plural hinder or hindre, definite plural hindra or hindrene)
- obstacle, hindrance, impediment
- fence, jump, hurdle (in a competition)
- hurdles (athletics, race over hurdles)
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Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
hinder n (definite singular hinderet, indefinite plural hinder, definite plural hindera)
- obstacle, hindrance, impediment
- fence, jump, hurdle (in a competition)
- hurdles (athletics, race over hurdles)
ReferencesEdit
- “hinder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Sweden) (file)
NounEdit
hinder n
Usage notesEdit
- (For some cases) Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of hinder | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | hinder | hindret | hinder | hindren |
Genitive | hinders | hindrets | hinders | hindrens |
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Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- hinder in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- hinder in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- hinder in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)