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- Dictionarysetback/ˈsɛtbak/
noun
- 1. a reversal or check in progress: "a serious setback for the peace process"
- 2. a plain, flat offset in a wall.
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SETBACK definition: 1. something that happens that delays or prevents a process from developing: 2. something that…. Learn more.
The meaning of SETBACK is a checking of progress. How to use setback in a sentence.
SETBACK meaning: 1. something that happens that delays or prevents a process from developing: 2. something that…. Learn more.
A setback is an event that delays your progress or reverses some of the progress that you have made.
Setback definition: a check to progress; a reverse or defeat. See examples of SETBACK used in a sentence.
n. 1. An unanticipated or sudden check in progress; a change from better to worse. 2. a. A steplike recession in a wall. Also called setoff. b. Any of a series of such recessions in the rise of a tall building. 3. An automatically timed setting of a thermostat to a lower temperature, as in the home at night.
A setback is an event that makes you lose progress or keeps you from gaining ground. If you're knitting a sweater, dropping a bunch of stitches would be a big setback. If warring countries are negotiating a treaty, a sudden resurgence of fighting would be a huge setback for their peace plan.
