Look up: Obstacle

1. obstacle
   [Noun] Things that are in your way.
   Example: Before I could return to college I had to face obstacles like finding a child-minder.
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2. obstacle
   [n] - something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted 2. [n] - an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)
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3. obstacle
   a part preventing unintentional direct contact,but not preventing deliberate action Category: Building industry
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4. Obstacle
   Ob"sta·cle noun [ French, from Latin obstaculum , from obstare to withstand, oppose; ob (see Ob- ) + stare to stand. See Stand . and confer Oust , v. ] That which stands in the way, or opposes; anything that hinders progress; a hindrance; an obstruction, physical or moral. « If all obstacles were cut away. And …
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5. obstacle
   That which stands in the way, or opposes; anything that hinders progress; a hindrance; an obstruction, physical or moral. "If all obstacles were cut away. And that my path were even to the crown." (Shak) ... Synonym: Impediment, obstuction, hindrance, difficulty. See Impediment, and Obstruction. ... Origin: F, fr. L. Obstaculum, fr. Obstare to withst …
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6. obstacle
   obstruction noun something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted; `lack of imagination is an obstacle to one`s advancement`; `the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education`; `the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan`
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7. obstacle
   noun an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)
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8. Obstacle
   • (v.) That which stands in the way, or opposes; anything that hinders progress; a hindrance; an obstruction, physical or moral.
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9. obstacle
   obstacle An obstruction that stands in the way or hinders progress, and which must be removed or surmounted or circumvented before it is possible to continue.
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10. obstacle
    a region in a dielectric medium limited by a surface at which the complex refractive index, and in particular the imaginary part thereof, is subject to a significant discontinuity
    Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/