setback

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

achteruitgaan

tegenslag

teruggaan

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

Rückschlag

contratiempo

revés

🔙

échec

revés

aksilik

revers

Schlappe

contrariedad

Scheitern

Hindernis

contretemps

Fallstrick

Entmutigung

نَكْسَة

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈsɛtbæk/

Etymologie (Engels)

Deverbal from set back. Compare drawback.