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  2. Obstacle - Wikipedia

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    An obstacle (also called a barrier, impediment, or stumbling block) is an object, thing, action or situation that causes an obstruction. [1] A obstacle blocks or hinders our way forward. Different types of obstacles include physical, economic , biopsychosocial , cultural, political, technological and military.

  3. Opposite - Wikipedia

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    An antonym is one of a pair of words with opposite meanings. Each word in the pair is the antithesis of the other. A word may have more than one antonym. There are three categories of antonyms identified by the nature of the relationship between the opposed meanings.

  4. Language barrier - Wikipedia

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    It is access to translation services that is the barrier preventing communities from accessing and sharing information across languages. The annual celebration of this day aims to raise awareness about and to grow global community translation efforts. Expressions can overcome language barrier. Art of expression is beyond the barriers of language.

  5. Contronym - Wikipedia

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    Hindi: कल and Urdu: کل (kal) may mean either "yesterday" or "tomorrow" (disambiguated by the verb in the sentence).; Icelandic: fram eftir can mean "toward the sea" or "away from the sea" depending on dialect.

  6. Barrier - Wikipedia

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    The Barrier, a common synonym for the city of Broken Hill, New South Wales; The Barrier Miner, the city's newspaper; Barrier Highway, in Australia, from SA to NSW via Broken Hill; The Barrier, a lava dam in British Columbia, Canada; The Barrier (Kenya), an active shield volcano in Kenya; The Barrier, an early name for the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica

  7. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    suite of rooms set aside for a particular person (rare), usu. rented housing unit in a larger building implying luxury (In other words, a narrower definition than the US.) (Overlapping with the rare usage in reference to stately homes or historic properties which have been converted into residential units.)

  8. Barriers to entry - Wikipedia

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    An ancillary barrier to entry is a cost that does not constitute a barrier to entry by itself, but reinforces other barriers to entry if they are present. [ 1 ] [ 7 ] An antitrust barrier to entry is "a cost that delays entry and thereby reduces social welfare relative to immediate but equally costly entry". [ 1 ]

  9. Non-tariff barriers to trade - Wikipedia

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    Non-tariff barriers to trade (NTBs; also called non-tariff measures, NTMs) are trade barriers that restrict imports or exports of goods or services through mechanisms other than the simple imposition of tariffs. Such barriers are subject to controversy and debate, as they may comply with international rules on trade yet serve protectionist ...