different between hinder vs reduce

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

Etymology

From Middle English reducen, from Old French reducer, from Latin red?c? (“reduce”); from re- (“back”) + d?c? (“lead”). See duke, and compare with redoubt.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???dju?s/, /???d?u?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???du?s/
• Rhymes: -u?s

Verb

reduce (third-person singular simple present reduces, present participle reducing, simple past and past participle reduced)

1. (transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
2. (intransitive) To lose weight.
3. (transitive) To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
   • 1815, Walter Scott, Guy Mannering

     My father, the eldest son of an ancient but reduced family, left me with little.

   • a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Folly of Scoffing at Religion

     nothing so excellent but a man may falten upon something or other belonging to it whereby to reduce it .

   • 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes

     Having reduced their foe to misery beneath their fears.

   • Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced.
4. (transitive) To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.

5. (transitive) To bring to an inferior state or condition.

6. (transitive, cooking) To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.
   • 2011, Edward Behr and James MacGuire, The Art of Eating Cookbook: Essential Recipes from the First 25 Years.

     Serve the oxtails with mustard or a sauce made by reducing the soup, if any is left, to a slightly thick sauce.

7. (transitive, chemistry) To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
8. (transitive, metallurgy) To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
9. (transitive, mathematics) To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
10. (transitive, computer science) To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
11. (transitive, logic) To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form
12. (transitive, law) To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)

13. (transitive, medicine) To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
14. (transitive, military) To reform a line or column from (a square).
15. (transitive, military) To strike off the payroll.
16. (transitive, Scotland, law) To annul by legal means.
17. (transitive, obsolete) To translate (a book, document, etc.).

Synonyms

• (to bring down): cut, decrease, lower
• (cooking): inspissate; see also Thesaurus:thicken

Antonyms

• (to bring down): increase

Related terms

Translations

See also

• reducing agent

References

• reduce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin redux (“that returns”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?.du.t??e/

Adjective

reduce (plural reduci) (da)

1. returning (from)

   Synonym: ritornato

Noun

reduce m or f (plural reduci)

1. survivor

   Synonym: sopravvissuto

2. veteran (of a conflict)

   Synonyms: veterano, ex combattente

Anagrams

• ducere

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /re?du?.ke/, [r??d?u?k?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re?du.t??e/, [r??d?u?t???]

Verb

red?ce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of red?c?

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?re.du.ke/, [?r?d??k?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?re.du.t??e/, [?r??d?ut???]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?re.du.ke/, [?r?d??k?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?re.du.t??e/, [?r??d?ut???]

Adjective

r?duce

1. ablative masculine singular of r??dux
2. ablative feminine singular of r??dux
3. ablative neuter singular of r??dux

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reducere, French réduire, based on duce. Compare the inherited doublet ar?duce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?dut?e/, [re??d?ut?e?]

Verb

a reduce (third-person singular present reduce, past participle redus) 3rd conj.

1. (transitive) to reduce, to lessen

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

• duce

See also

• ar?duce

Spanish

Verb

reduce

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of reducir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of reducir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of reducir.