impairment en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɪmˈpɛəmənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Texas) audio Austin
- /ɪmˈpeːmənt/ (Australia)
- /ɪmˈpɛɹmənt/ (Canada, General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English empeirement, empeyrement, emparement, from Anglo-Norman empairement, emperement, enpeirement, from Old French ampirement, anpirement, enperement, equivalent to impair + -ment.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The result of being impaired.
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(countable, uncountable) A deterioration or weakening.
We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle.
2024, NTSB, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022:
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(countable, qualifier:medical model of disability, uncountable) A disability or handicap.
visual impairment
- (countable, qualifier:social model of disability, uncountable) A loss or absence of baseline human functioning that may lead to a disability.
- (countable, uncountable) An inefficient part or factor.
- (countable, uncountable) A downward revaluation, a write-down.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| impairments | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| empairment | alternative, rare | lexicographic |
Deriveds
amnestic mild cognitive impairment · preimpairment · specific language impairment · nonimpairment
Translations (39)
de Einschränkung (result of being impaired) · fi arvonalennus (accounting) · it indebolimento (result of being impaired) · fi arvonalentuminen (accounting) · hu károsodás (result of being impaired) · ga lagú (result of being impaired) · fi vamma (result of being impaired) · hu megromlás (result of being impaired) · nl handicap (result of being impaired) · mk нарушување (result of being impaired) · sh hendikep (result of being impaired) · de Schwächung (result of being impaired) · fi häiriö (result of being impaired) · fr handicap (result of being impaired) · de Verschlechterung (result of being impaired) · de Beeinträchtigung (result of being impaired) · el απομείωση (accounting) · hu leromlás (result of being impaired) · sv nedskrivning (accounting) · sh onesposobljenost (result of being impaired) · mk намалување (result of being impaired) · nb svekkelse (result of being impaired) · de Behinderung (result of being impaired) · bcl kakundian (result of being impaired) · de Schädigung (result of being impaired) · mk оштетување (result of being impaired) · de Verminderung (result of being impaired) · hu rosszabbodás (result of being impaired) · hu gyengülés (result of being impaired) · sh oštećenje (result of being impaired) · hu romlás (result of being impaired) · fi vika (result of being impaired) · hu csökkenés (result of being impaired) · da nedskrivning (accounting) · de Wertminderung (result of being impaired) · de Abschwächung (result of being impaired) · de Schmälerung (result of being impaired) · de Störung (result of being impaired) · de Minderung (result of being impaired)