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- DictionarySet·back/ˈsetˌbak/
noun
- 1. a reversal or check in progress: "a serious setback for the peace process"
- 2. a plain, flat offset in a wall.
a problem that makes something happen later or more slowly than it should: The project has suffered a series of setbacks this year. (Definition of setback from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Apr 27, 2024 · A setback is an event that delays your progress or reverses some of the progress that you have made. He suffered a serious setback in his political career. American English : setback / ˈsɛtbæk /
1. : a checking of progress. 2. : defeat, reverse. 3. : pitch entry 4 sense 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 scheduled adjustment to a lower temperature setting of a thermostat. 6.
Jan 6, 2024 · setback (plural setbacks) An obstacle , delay , disadvantage , blow ( an adverse event which retards or prevents progress towards a desired outcome ) After some initial setbacks , the expedition went safely on its way.
1. to put (a clock or its hands) to an earlier time, esp. to standard time. 2. to reverse or hinder the progress of. 3. US, Slang. to cost (a person) a specified sum of money. See full dictionary entry for set. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word Frequency.
noun. Surveying. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured. setback ( def 4 ). set back. verb. to hinder; impede. informal. to cost (a person) a specified amount. noun. anything that serves to hinder or impede. a recession in the upper part of a high building, esp one that increases the daylight at lower levels.
noun. a check to progress; a reverse or defeat: The new law was a setback. Architecture. a recession of the upper part of a building from the building line, as to lighten the structure or to permit a desired amount of light and air to reach ground level at the foot of the building.
