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- [bar-ee-er]
- /ˈbær i ər/
- /ˈbær.i.ər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bar-ee-er]
- /ˈbær i ər/
Definitions of barriers word
- noun barriers anything built or serving to bar passage, as a railing, fence, or the like: People may pass through the barrier only when their train is announced. 1
- noun barriers any natural bar or obstacle: a mountain barrier. 1
- noun barriers anything that restrains or obstructs progress, access, etc.: a trade barrier. 1
- noun barriers a limit or boundary of any kind: the barriers of caste. 1
- noun barriers Physical Geography. an antarctic ice shelf or ice front. 1
- noun barriers barrier beach. 1
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Origin of barriers
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English < Middle French barriere (barre bar1 + -iere < Latin -āria -ary); replacing Middle English barrere < Anglo-French < Medieval Latin barrera
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Parts of speech for Barriers
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
barriers popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
barriers usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for barriers
noun barriers
- difficulties — the fact or condition of being difficult.
- bar — A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
- limitations — a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap: He knows his limitations as a writer.
- pales — light-colored or lacking in color: a pale complexion; his pale face; a pale child. lacking the usual intensity of color due to fear, illness, stress, etc.: She looked pale and unwell when we visited her in the nursing home.
- barricades — Plural form of barricade.
Antonyms for barriers
noun barriers
- advantages — A condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable or superior position.
- aids — AIDS is a disease which destroys the natural system of protection that the body has against other diseases. AIDS is an abbreviation for 'acquired immune deficiency syndrome'.
- benefits — The benefits of a life or medical insurance policy are the money that it pays out.
Top questions with barriers
- ethnocentrism causes which of the following communication barriers?
- why does reducing trade barriers promote increased international trade?
- which of the following barriers to cultural understanding?
- what does barriers mean?
- how do trade barriers affect the african economy today?
- what are barriers?
- what are trade barriers?
- what type of controls take the form of barriers?
- what are barriers to entry?
- what are the barriers to effective listening?
See also
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