different between hinder vs defeat

English

Alternative forms

• hindre (archaic)

Etymology 1

From Middle English hindren, from Old English hindrian, from Proto-Germanic *hindr?n?, *hinder?n? (“to hinder”), from Proto-Germanic *hinder (“back”) (adverb). Cognate with Dutch hinderen and German hindern, Latin contra (“back, against”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h?nd?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?h?nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?(r)

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
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
3. (transitive, obsolete) To cause harm.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

comparative form of hind: more hind

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ha?n.d?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ha?n.d?/
• Rhymes: -a?nd?(r)

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

   • 1990 - C. W. H. Havard (ed.), Black's Medical Dictionary, 36th edition, p 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, ...

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 and 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

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hen?(d)?r/, [?hen??], [?hen?d??]

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 main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hen??r/, [?hen??]

Alternative forms

• hinde

Noun

hinder c

1. indefinite plural of hind

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hen?r/, [?hen?]

Noun

hinder c

1. indefinite plural of hinde

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hinder, from the verb hinderen.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nd?r

Noun

hinder m (uncountable)

1. hindrance, impediment, obstruction

Derived terms

• geluidshinder

Verb

hinder

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

German

Verb

hinder

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hindr

Pronunciation

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

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

Pronunciation

Noun

hinder n

1. obstacle, impediment, obstruction

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.

Declension

Derived terms

• hinderbana
• hinderlöpning
• trafikhinder

Related terms

• hindra

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??fi?t/
• Rhymes: -i?t

Etymology 1

From Middle English defeten, from Middle English defet (“disfigured”, past participle) and defet (“defect”, noun), see Etymology 2 below.

Verb

defeat (third-person singular simple present defeats, present participle defeating, simple past and past participle defeated)

1. (transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.

   Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.

2. (transitive) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
   • 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious

     He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes.

   • 1879, Adolphus Ward, Chaucer, in English Men of Letters

     In one instance he defeated his own purpose.

3. (transitive) To nullify
   • 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England

     The escheators […] defeated the right heir of his succession.

Derived terms

• self-defeating

Synonyms

• vanquish, overcome, beat

Hyponyms

• conquer (defeat and annex); rout, crush, cream (decisive); shutout, zilch (sports, to defeat without permitting any opposing score)

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English defet, from French deffet, desfait, past participle of the verb desfaire (compare modern French défaire), from des- + faire.

Noun

defeat (countable and uncountable, plural defeats)

1. The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.

   Licking their wounds after a temporary defeat, they planned their next move.
2. The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.

   The inscription records her defeat of the country's enemies in a costly war.

3. Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification.
   • 1909, The Southern Reporter, page 250:

     ... is subsequently issued to him, in accordance with his perfect equity thus acquired, by a legal fiction which the law creates for the protection, but not for the defeat, of his title.

   • 2008, Gene Porter, A Daughter of the Land, volume 1 (?ISBN), page 17:

     She could see no justice in being forced into a position that promised to end in further humiliation and defeat of her hopes.

4. (obsolete) Destruction, ruin.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, act 4, scene 1:

     and made defeat of her virginity

Antonyms

• victory

Translations

Anagrams

• feated