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barrier
English
Etymology
From Middle English barryer, barrere, barry?er, from Old French barriere (compare French barrière), from Old French barre (“bar”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?bæ?i.?(?)/
- (US, Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA(key): /?bæ?i.??/
- (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /?b??i.??/
- Rhymes: -æ?i?(?)
Noun
barrier (plural barriers)
- A structure that bars passage.
- The bus went through a railway barrier and was hit by a train.
- The bomber had passed through one checkpoint before blowing himself up at a second barrier.
- An obstacle or impediment.
- Even a small fee can be a barrier for some students.
- A boundary or limit.
- Few marathon runners break the three-hour time barrier.
- (grammar) A node (in government and binding theory) said to intervene between other nodes A and B if it is a potential governor for B, c-commands B, and does not c-command A.
- (physiology) A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain substances but prevent the entry of others.
- (historical) The lists in a tournament.
- (historical, in the plural) A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:hindrance
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
barrier (third-person singular simple present barriers, present participle barriering, simple past and past participle barriered)
- (transitive) To block or obstruct with a barrier.
- Synonym: bar
barrier From the web:
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obstruction
English
Etymology
From Latin obstructio (“hindrance”), from obstruo (“build against, block, stop”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?b?st??k.??n/
Noun
obstruction (countable and uncountable, plural obstructions)
- The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
- Something which obstructs or impedes, either intentionally or unintentionally
- Synonyms: obstacle, impediment, hindrance
- The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.
Synonyms
- block
- hindrance
- impedance
- roadblock
- stop
- See also Thesaurus:hindrance
Derived terms
- deobstruction
Translations
French
Etymology
From Latin obstr?cti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p.st?yk.sj??/
Noun
obstruction f (plural obstructions)
- block (something that prevents passing)
- obstruction
Further reading
- “obstruction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Noun
obstruction (plural obstructiones)
- obstruction
obstruction From the web:
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- what obstruction of justice
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- what's obstruction in netball
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- what obstruction in soccer
- what obstruction series
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