Do not let superstition impede you.

Obstructions near doors can impede people in an emergency.

His poor reading ability impedes his progress in the class.

Without more significant global greenhouse gas mitigation and regional adaptation efforts, climate change is expected to cause substantial losses to infrastructure and property and impede the rate of economic growth over this century .

Hard surfaces, such as concrete, cover large portions of land, impede the natural absorption of water, and thus exacerbate surficial erosion on adjacent unprotected land.

A stalled car impedes traffic in the left lane.

Storms at sea impeded our progress.

I hope it doesn't impede my online classes.

He was impeded in his work.

He has tried to impede an official investigation.