setback

Significat (Anglès)

1. An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, or blow (an adverse event which slows down, or prevents progress towards a desired outcome).
2. (broadly) Any adverse event, defeat, or impediment of progress.
3. (US) The required distance between a structure and a road.
4. A step-like recession in a wall.
5. An offset to the temperature setting of a thermostat to cover a period when more or less heating is required than usual.
6. (archaic, possibly) A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.
7. (archaic) A backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse.

Conceptes

contratemps

adversitat

ensopegada

revés

percaç

Sinònims

reversal

reverse

failure

misfortune

relapse

black eye

regression

discouragement

obstacle

frustration

blow

recession

chess

recoil

defection

deference

dud

flivver

flop

flunk

hardship

hitch

licking

misadventure

misfire

mishap

pause

rebound

recidivism

recrudescence

retreat

stagnation

stumbling

subsidence

washout

whammy

chesspieces

backsetting

abortion

miscarriage

rough sledding

setting back

setting backward

non event

a near miss

recedence

stop

🛑

setback type

abeyance

adversity

Traduccions

Rückschlag

contratiempo

revés

🔙

échec

aksilik

Schlappe

revés

revers

Hindernis

contretemps

contrariedad

Scheitern

Rücksprung

نَكْسَة

كَدْمَة

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈsɛtbæk/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Deverbal from set back. Compare drawback.