{
    "term": "hinder",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "hinder",
            "heSheIt": "hinders"
        },
        "pastSimple": "hindered",
        "pastParticiple": "hindered",
        "ingForm": "hindering"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make it difficult for somebody to do something or for something to happen",
            "sensetop": "hinder somebody/somethinghinder somebody/something from something/from doing something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a political situation that hinders economic growth",
                    "contextForm": "hinder somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some teachers felt hindered by a lack of resources."
                },
                {
                    "text": "An injury was hindering him from playing his best.",
                    "contextForm": "hinder somebody/something from something/from doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These killings have seriously hindered progress towards peace."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These laws will hinder rather than help progress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "factors which might help or hinder a child's progress at school"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "hamper",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["greatly", "seriously", "severely"],
                "verb + hinder": ["be likely to", "tend to"],
                "phrases": [
                    "help or hinder something",
                    "hinder rather than help something"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɪndə(r)/",
                "audio": "hi/hinder/hinder__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɪndəz/",
                "audio": "hi/hinder/hinders__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɪndəd/",
                "audio": "hi/hinder/hindered__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɪndərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "hi/hinder/hindering__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɪndər/",
                "audio": "hi/hinder/hinder__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɪndərz/",
                "audio": "hi/hinder/hinders__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɪndərd/",
                "audio": "hi/hinder/hindered__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɪndərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "hi/hinder/hindering__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English hindrian ‘injure or damage’, of Germanic origin; related to German hindern, also to behind."
}