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setback (noun)

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  • setback — ► NOUN ▪ a reversal or check in progress …   English terms dictionary

  • setback — set‧back [ˈsetbæk] noun [countable] something that delays the progress or development of a plan, activity etc or makes things worse than they were before: • The company suffered a setback when it lost a bid to become the partner in a new venture …   Financial and business terms

  • setback — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ temporary ▪ early, initial ▪ big, huge, major, serious, severe, significant …   Collocations dictionary

  • setback — noun Date: 1674 1. a checking of progress 2. defeat, reverse 3. pitch IV,7 4. a placing of a face of a building on a line some distance to the rear of the building line or of the wall below; also the area produced by a setback 5. automatic… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • setback — noun A disadvantage; a delay. We suffered a major setback when my wife lost her job …   Словарь американских идиом

  • setback — noun (C) something that delays or prevents progress, or makes things worse than they were: The recent crime figures are a major setback for the law and order reforms. see also: set back set 1 …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • setback — noun this is a team famous for surmounting every setback that fate sends their way Syn: problem, difficulty, hitch, complication, upset, disappointment, misfortune, mishap, reversal; blow, stumbling block, hurdle, hindrance, impediment,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • setback — noun a) An obstacle, delay, or disadvantage. After some initial setbacks, the expedition went safely on its way. b) The required distance between a structure and a road. <!The following were probably from Websters 1913 and really need cleaning …   Wiktionary

  • setback — noun 1》 a reversal or check in progress. 2》 Architecture a plain, flat offset in a wall. 3》 N. Amer. the distance by which a building is set back from the property line …   English new terms dictionary

  • setback — noun Syn: problem, difficulty, hitch, complication, upset, blow; informal glitch, hiccup Ant: breakthrough …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • setback — noun an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑reverse, ↑reversal, ↑blow, ↑black eye • Derivationally related forms: ↑set back …   Useful english dictionary

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