Definitions for set back
set back

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. set-back, setoff, offsetverb

   structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly

2. postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put offverb

   hold back to a later time

   "let's postpone the exam"

3. set backverb

   slow down the progress of; hinder

   "His late start set him back"

4. set back, knock back, put backverb

   cost a certain amount

   "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. set backverb

   To delay or obstruct.

2. set backverb

   To remove from or allow distance.

3. set backverb

   To cost money, as

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1. set back

   A setback is an unexpected or sudden obstacle, delay, hindrance or reversal that interrupts progress or development. It is an event that causes delay or stops forward movement in some process. In other areas, a setback can also refer to the distance a building or structure must be from the property line, street or sidewalk.

Matched Categories

1. • Cost
   • Delay
   • Impede

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How to pronounce set back?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of set back in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of set back in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of set back in a Sentence

1. Robert Einhorn:

   This probably was the best choice he could make - much better than having a meeting that would deepen the divisions, lead to angry recriminations and set back any prospect for getting back on track. encyclopedia.

2. Peter Shumlin:

   Pushing for single payer health care when the time isn’t right and it might hurt our economy would not be good for Vermont and it would not be good for true health care reform, it could set back for years all of our hard work toward the important goal of universal, publicly-financed health care for all.

3. President Barack Obama:

   The strong consensus is that in order for us to succeed long-term in this fight against (ISIS), we have to develop local security forces that can sustain progress. It is not enough for us to simply send in American troops to temporarily set back organizations like (ISIS), but then as soon as we leave see that void filled again by extremists, if we try to do everything ourselves all across the Middle East, all across North Africa, we'll be playing whack-a-mole and there'll be a whole lot of unintended consequences that ultimately make us less secure.

4. Sonya Sceats:

   Sri Lankan torture survivors in treatment with us are adamant that they cannot trust a purely domestic process and will take comfort from the High Commissioner's warning that there must not be a replay of past broken promises, any process that fails to win the confidence of survivors, including from the Tamil minority, is doomed to fail and may set back the common cause of reconciliation.

5. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter:

   We have the capability to shut down, set back and destroy the Iranian nuclear program and I believe the Iranians know that and understand that.