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 Translation for 'setback' from English to French
NOUN   a setback | setbacks
SYNO black eye | blow | reversal | ...
revers {m} [fig.] [échec]setback
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aggravation {f}setback
échec {m} [remédiable]setback
fin.
échec {m} financier
financial setback
essuyer un reversto suffer a setback
prendre un coup dans l'aileto suffer a setback
subir un échec [temporairement]to suffer a setback
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Usage Examples English
  • The repair shop has zero setback from the street, yet is clearly designed to relate to the fire station through the positioning of its southwest corner entrance at an angle meeting the setback of the fire station and annex.
  • The first setback is at the 14th story, but a four-bay-wide dormer projects from the southern elevation at the 15th story.
  • Gustavsson endured a setback on the first day of camp, traced to a heart condition that required an ablation surgery process.
  • The Progress Party however saw a strong setback for the 2011 local elections.
  • Corrie suffered a setback when he broke his jaw in round 12 in a collision with Essendon Football Club's Dustin Fletcher.

  • British Columbia uses a minimum setback of 4.5 metres (15 feet) of any building, mobile home, retaining wall, or other structure from all highway rights-of-way under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure unless the building has access from another street, in which case the allowed setback is 3 metres (10 feet).
  • In the mid-1960s, Kallé suffered his first major setback when two of his protégés (Tabu Ley Rochereau and Dr Nico Kasanda) left to form their own group called Africa Fiesta.
  • Setback is the difference between right side and left side wheelbase length.
  • The setback of the original residence places the building behind the setback of the two neighbouring properties, Berrima Inn and Victoria Inn.
  • The tower is supported by setback buttresses.

  • The 9/11 attacks and Context Books' office location in lower Manhattan created a massive financial setback for the company, which lost phone access for three months and found two of its titles released in September 2001 to languish.
  • The Naxalites suffered a serious setback in 2005.
  • At the 27th floor, the tower contains a small setback and is surrounded by a parapet.
  • Hands Off Washington lost momentum after this setback, and faded gradually over the following years.
  • Despite this setback, the girl group later performed at several other venues before disbanding in 2005.

  • There is a setback on the eastern elevation above the ninth story, measuring [...] deep.
  • The original tower contains several setbacks to comply with the 1916 Zoning Resolution.
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