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How to pronounce “setback

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Pronunciation guide for setback

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of setback with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
How to Turn Setbacks into SuccessThink back to your biggest setback.
Definition summary
An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, or blow (an adverse event which slows down, or prevents progress towards a desired outcome).

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How to pronounce setback

How to Turn Setbacks into Success

Think back to your biggest setback.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “setback

Meaning

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

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