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Feb 5, 2007 · Feb 5, 2007. #2. Hello Nunmae. Both "hamper" and "hinder" have a sense of "to obstruct". However, the underlying sense of "hamper" is "to shackle", while the underlying sense of "hinder" is "to keep back". Thus if you're "hampered by circumstances", the circumstances obstruct your progress by entangling you, like chains round your feet; while ...
Oct 24, 2013 · Oct 21, 2013. #1. Dear Native Speakers, Here are 4 verbs which seem to have close meaning in certain sentences - thwart, hinder, balk, hampler. Please, help me to understand how to use them correctly based on the following examples (or maybe you can add more meaningful ones): 1) The success of this company is hampered by political demands ...
Mar 29, 2016 · "hinder" is more an ongoing thing, not individual "hinder" events. It means "make happen more slowly" or "make it difficult to move forward" so works well with "progress of the class". It says the class won't get as much done during each hour.
May 21, 2018 · Ukrainian. May 21, 2018. #3. lingobingo said: The meanings are virtually identical. Oxford gives hamper as its first synonym for hinder, and hinder as its first synonym for hamper! Thank you.
Jan 11, 2011 · Jan 11, 2011. #1. ¡Hola a todos! 1.-. His lateness/tardiness/being late has prevented him from making more improvement/from having improved more/further. 2.-. His lateness may have impeded his further improvement. 3.-. His improvement may have been hindered/hampered by his lateness.
Mar 12, 2016 · Portuguese - Brazil. Mar 12, 2016. #5. Parla said: If you're trying to study and your brother is, for example, playing loud music—yes, you could say that your brother is hindering your studying. "Interfering with" would be a synonym. Or "interrupting". Or "keeping me from".
Jul 13, 2014 · hinder potential - about 22 pages of results hamper potential - about 9 pages of results Or you can try site searches of respected media organisations: New York Times - limit 61, reduce 60, harm 4. hinder 0, hamper 0 BBC - reduce 38, limit 21, harm 2, hinder 1, hamper 0
Jul 15, 2015 · impede hinder obstruct hamper. Thread starter Sun14; Start date Jul 15, 2015; Sun14 Senior ...
Aug 22, 2009 · Although he's shy, it certainly hasn't impeded his career in any way. Can I use “hindered” or “hampered” or “obstructed” instead of “impeded” in this...
Sep 27, 2014 · You might hinder them by interrupting them. You might hamper them by not giving clear instructions. You might impede them by putting something in their way. There are situations in which any of these words could be used. Impede is the closest to "block", and therefore might mean progress was stopped altogether.