verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
hinder sb’s progress (= make it slower )
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Language problems might hinder a child’s progress at school.
restrict/hinder sb's movement (= make movement more difficult )
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Clothes should not be so tight that they restrict your movement.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
development
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Crucially, this instability hinders regional development , incites repressive governance, and compounds the poverty on which militancy feeds.
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How did that hinder the development of the team and what you could do?
progress
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It became clear that the relevant government ministers were deliberately hindering the progress of the necessary bill.
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The door began to swing inwards, but painfully slowly, his weight and the strong breeze hindering its progress .
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While you might find this an appealing prospect, it will soon become a shackle that will hinder your progress online.
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Yet the study suggests that women themselves may be hindering their progress .
■ VERB
help
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So within the range of the state's responsibility to its subjects failing to help is hindering .
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Other characters also appear to help or hinder your hunt for fame.
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Neutrality is concerned only with the degree to which the parties are helped or hindered .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Heavy rains had hindered the expedition's progress through the north-west of the country.
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Higher interest rates could hinder economic growth.
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Society's attitudes about women hinder any real progress toward equality.
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The high cost of the vaccine has severely hindered its use.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As he followed Isaac, the air felt almost as hindering as the insect-ridden vegetation underfoot.
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It became clear that the relevant government ministers were deliberately hindering the progress of the necessary bill.
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No national market for consumer or industrial goods was created and thus industrialization was hindered.
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On the downside, all say the slowing national economy will hinder Texas growth.
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The lowering clouds hindered their aircraft from bombing and strafing his men and made parachuting supplies to their beleaguered garrison nearly impossible.
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Unproductive guilt hinders your behaviour in a variety of ways.