obstacles
- 1Plural of obstacle.
Bureaucratic obstacles delayed the project for months.
She overcame enormous obstacles to finish her degree.
Note
A regular plural that leaves the stem untouched: one obstacle, several obstacles, numerous obstacles. It takes a plural verb (the obstacles were cleared). Like the singular, it stretches from the physical to the figurative, covering barriers on a course as easily as the bureaucratic or personal difficulties that hold up a plan. In the figurative use it pairs naturally with overcome.
obstacles is a form of obstacle
obstacle, noun: Something that impedes or holds up progress, whether a physical thing blocking the way or a difficulty standing in the way of a goal. Full entry
- Forms
- obstacleobstacles plural
- Spelling
- obstacle → obstacles: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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