hinder definition

English hinder definition

Alternative forms

• hindre (archaic)

Etymology 1

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪndə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪndɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪndə(ɹ)

Verb

hinder (third-person singular simple present hinders, present participle hindering, simple past and past participle hindered)

1. (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.

2. (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:

     [I]f in thoſe days Cham and Japhet, and other Parents beſides the Eldest Son were Heads and Princes over their Families, and had a right to divide the Earth by Families, what hinders Younger Brothers, being Fathers of Families from having the ſame right, [...]

3. (transitive, obsolete) To cause harm.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

comparative form of hind: more hind

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪn.də/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪn.dɚ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪndə(ɹ)

Adjective

hinder (not comparable)

1. 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, […]

Adjective

hinder

1. comparative form of hind: more hind

Usage notes

Most current uses of this adjective occur in anatomical contexts.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:hinder.

Synonyms

• (of or belonging to that part in the rear): back, hind, rear, posterior

Antonyms

• (of or belonging to that part in the rear): fore, front

Related terms

• hind
• hindermost
• hindmost

Translations

Noun

hinder (plural hinders)

1. (slang, euphemistic) The buttocks.
   • 1997, Richard Laliberte, Stephen C. George, The Men's Health Guide to Peak Conditioning‎^[2], →ISBN, page 195:

     Like martial arts, in-line skating is predicated on the notion that sooner or later you're going to end up on your hinder.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:hinder.

Translations

Anagrams

• herdin', hindre

Danish hinder definition

Etymology 1

From the verb hindre (“to hinder”). Compare Swedish hinder, German Low German hinder, hinter, Dutch hinder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /henˀ(d)ər/, [ˈhenˀɐ], [ˈhenˀd̥ɐ]

Noun

hinder n

1. (obsolete) hindrance, obstacle, impediment, obstruction

   in the modern language only in the expression være til hinder (“to be in the way”)

Related terms

• hindre, hindring

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• hinde

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /henˀər/, [ˈhenˀɐ]

Noun

hinder c

1. indefinite plural of hind

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /henər/, [ˈhenɐ]

Noun

hinder c

1. indefinite plural of hinde

Dutch hinder definition

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hinder, from the verb hinderen.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪndər

Noun

hinder m (uncountable)

1. hindrance, impediment, obstruction

Derived terms

• geluidshinder

Verb

hinder

1. inflection of hinderen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

German hinder definition

Pronunciation

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Verb

hinder

1. inflection of hindern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

Haitian Creole hinder definition

Etymology

From French aider (“to help”).

Verb

hinder

1. (Saint-Domingue) to help

   Hinder nion monde dans bisoin. ― To help a person in need.

References

• S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île

Norwegian Bokmål hinder definition

Etymology

From Old Norse hindr.

Noun

hinder n (definite singular hinderet or hindret, indefinite plural hinder or hindre, definite plural hindra or hindrene)

1. obstacle, hindrance, impediment
2. fence, jump, hurdle (in a competition)
3. hurdles (athletics, race over hurdles)

References

• “hinder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “hinder” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk hinder definition

Etymology

From Old Norse hindr.

Noun

hinder n (definite singular hinderet, indefinite plural hinder, definite plural hindera)

1. obstacle, hindrance, impediment
2. fence, jump, hurdle (in a competition)
3. hurdles (athletics, race over hurdles)

References

• “hinder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish hinder definition

Pronunciation

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Noun

hinder n

1. obstacle, impediment, obstruction, hindrance

Usage notes

• (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.

Declension

Declension of hinder
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	hinder	hindret	hinder	hindren
Genitive	hinders	hindrets	hinders	hindrens

Derived terms

Related terms

• förhinder
• hindra

References

• hinder in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hinder in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hinder in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• hirden