setback

Meaning of setback

noun
  1. 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.
  2. The required distance between a structure and a road.
  3. A step-like recession in a wall.
    Setbacks were initially used for structural reasons, but now are often mandated by land use codes.
  4. An offset to the temperature setting of a thermostat to cover a period when more or less heating is required than usual.
  5. (possibly obsolete) A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.
  6. A backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse.

Information about setback

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of setback is: setbacks.
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Hyphenation of setback

set-back

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • setback is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

setback synonyms

Meaning reverse:

reverse, reversal, blow

Translation of setback

Anagrams of setback

backets, backset

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