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- Dictionarysetback/ˈsɛtbak/
noun
- 1. a reversal or check in progress: "a serious setback for the peace process"
- 2. a plain, flat offset in a wall.
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SETBACK definition: 1. something that happens that delays or prevents a process from developing: 2. something that…. Learn more.
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.
SETBACK meaning: 1. something that happens that delays or prevents a process from developing: 2. something that…. Learn more.
Setback definition: a check to progress; a reverse or defeat. See examples of SETBACK used in a sentence.
n. 1. An unanticipated or sudden check in progress; a change from better to worse. 2. a. A steplike recession in a wall. Also called setoff. b. Any of a series of such recessions in the rise of a tall building. 3. An automatically timed setting of a thermostat to a lower temperature, as in the home at night.
A setback is an event that makes you lose progress or keeps you from gaining ground. If you're knitting a sweater, dropping a bunch of stitches would be a big setback. If warring countries are negotiating a treaty, a sudden resurgence of fighting would be a huge setback for their peace plan.
noun. 1. a check to progress; a reverse or defeat. The new law was a setback. 2. 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. 3.
setback. noun. /ˈsetbæk/. /ˈsetbæk/. a difficulty or problem that delays or prevents something, or makes a situation worse. The team suffered a major setback when their best player was injured. The breakdown in talks represents a temporary setback in the peace process. Extra Examples. Topics Difficulty and failure c1.
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)
1. to hinder; impede. 2. informal. to cost (a person) a specified amount. noun setback. 3. anything that serves to hinder or impede. 4. a reversal of recovery, as from illness, etc. She was recovering well, but then she had a setback. 5. a recession in the upper part of a high building, esp one that increases the daylight at lower levels. 6.
