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barrier

[ bar-ee-er ]

noun

  1. 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.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  2. any natural bar or obstacle:

    a mountain barrier.

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  3. anything that restrains or obstructs progress, access, etc.:

    a trade barrier.

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  4. a limit or boundary of any kind:

    the barriers of caste.

  5. Physical Geography. an Antarctic ice shelf or ice front.
  6. barriers, History/Historical. the palisade or railing surrounding the ground where tourneys and jousts were carried on.
  7. Archaic. a fortress or stockade.


barrier

/ 藞产忙谤瑟蓹 /

noun

  1. anything serving to obstruct passage or to maintain separation, such as a fence or gate
  2. anything that prevents or obstructs passage, access, or progress

    a barrier of distrust

  3. anything that separates or hinders union

    a language barrier

    1. an exposed offshore sand bar separated from the shore by a lagoon
    2. ( as modifier )

      a barrier beach

  4. sometimes capital that part of the Antarctic icecap extending over the sea
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥� Complete & Unabridged鈥� 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of barrier1

First recorded in 1275鈥�1325; Middle English, from Middle French barriere ( barre bar 1 + -iere, from Latin -腻谤颈补 -ary ); replacing Middle English barrere, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin barrera
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榶心vlog History and Origins

Origin of barrier1

C14: from Old French barriere , from barre bar 1
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Synonym Study

See bar 1.
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China has said it will "fight to the end" rather than capitulate to what it sees as US coercion, and has already raised its own trade barriers against the US in response.

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Shapiro said there were times when trade barriers could be justified, like to bolster the defence industry or apply pressure on other countries to reduce their tariffs on the US.

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The bill spells out qualified upgrades, including roof upgrades, water barriers, storm shelters and vegetation buffers, but those could be expanded over time, Schiff said.

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He pledged that his nation 鈥� which has been slotted for tariffs of 17% 鈥� would drop its trade barriers and move to eliminate its trade surplus with the US.

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This serves as another barrier separating them from treatment.

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