Meaning

1 senses
  1. Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively

    A big obstacle to understanding the manual was that it had been poorly translated from the Japanese.

    Hindernis, Hürde

    препя́тствиеprepjátstvije, прегра́даpregráda, поме́хаpoméxa

    перешко́даpereškóda, перепо́наperepóna, прити́чинаprytýčyna

    something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

Examples

146 sentences
  1. We pushed ahead despite the obstacles.

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  2. We set up an obstacle course.

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  3. An obstacle course was set up.

    deEs wurde ein Hindernislauf aufgebaut.

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  4. He refused to quit despite many obstacles.

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  5. This is a very challenging obstacle course.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress:
Русский
By meaning 1
something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress:

Origin

From Middle English obstacle, from Old French obstacle, from Latin obstāculum.

From Middle English obstacle, from Old French obstacle, from Latin obstāculum.

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Forms

plural: obstacles
Singularobstacle
Pluralobstacles

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted:obstruction

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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