barrier

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UK /ˈbæɹi.ə(ɹ)/ US /ˈbæɹi.ɚ/

noun 5verb 1name 1

Collocations

(noun.) fence/gate

ADJ

physical | crash, crush, flood, police, protective, security, ticket

sound

The thick walls of the studio helped reduce the sound barrier between the noisy street and the recording room.

VERB + BARRIER

build, erect, install

break through

The protesters successfully broke through the barriers surrounding the government building.

PREP

at a/the ~

The security guard checked our bags at the barrier before we entered the stadium.

behind a/the ~

The protesters gathered behind a barrier while the officials discussed their demands.

through a/the ~

Thousands of fans pushed through the barrier to reach the concert stage.

(noun.) thing that causes problems

ADJ

effective, formidable, major | class, cultural, language, racial, trade

VERB + BARRIER

build, create, erect, put up, set up

Language differences can put up barriers between people from different countries.

break down, lift, lower, reduce, remove

cross

Music has the power to cross cultural barriers between people from different countries.

be faced with, encounter, face | overcome, transcend

PREP

~ against

The fence provides a good barrier against strong winds in winter.

~ between

There is a language barrier between the two groups of tourists trying to communicate.

~ to

The language difference was a significant barrier to their friendship.

(noun.) physical object that prevents sb/sth passing

ADJ

impassable, impenetrable | natural

VERB + BARRIER

form

PREP

~ between

A fence creates a barrier between the neighbor's garden and ours.

Definitions

noun

A structure that bars passage.

The bus went through a railway barrier and was hit by a train.

The bomber had passed through one checkpoint before blowing himself up at a second barrier.

An obstacle or impediment.

Even a small fee can be a barrier for some students.

America’s poverty line is $63 a day for a family of four. In the richer parts of the emerging world $4 a day is the poverty barrier. But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 ([…]): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.

A boundary or limit.

Few marathon runners break the three-hour time barrier.

The downside of normalization is that it erects a defensive barrier between the real world and the perceived i.e. normalized world.

A node (in government and binding theory) said to intervene between other nodes A and B if it is a potential governor for B, c-commands B, and does not c-command A.

A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain substances but prevent the entry of others.

verb

To block or obstruct with a barrier.

name

A surname from French.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to

roadblock

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The bus went through a railway barrier and was hit by a train.

Wiktionary

The bomber had passed through one checkpoint before blowing himself up at a second barrier.

Wiktionary

Even a small fee can be a barrier for some students.

Wiktionary

Show your ticket at the barrier.

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Do you think they'll break the 10-second barrier in the 100-meter dash?

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High tariffs have become a barrier to international trade.

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