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[ noun ] something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted
Synonyms Examples : "the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education" "the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)One of the obstacles to the easy control of a 2 - year old child is a lack of verbal communication . (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)At_the_same_time , we should recognize that the obstacles to change and the lack of cohesion and stability which characterize these countries may make them particularly prone to diversions and external adventures of all sorts . (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)Another obstacle was the grammatical construction of Siddo . |
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[ noun ] an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)
Used in print (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)It has thus been a significant factor in the conservation of social values , though also in some measure , an obstacle to the creation or diffusion of new ones . (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)But that year was different , for just as the city , in the form of my street clothes , had intruded upon my mountain nights , so an essential part of the summer gave promise of continuing into the fall : Jessica and I , about to be separated not by a mere footbridge or mess-hall kitchen but by the immense obstacle of residing in cruelly distant boroughs , had agreed to correspond . Related terms |
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