hurdles

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈhɜrdəlz/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    Obstacles or difficulties that must be overcome in order to achieve something.; A series of lightweight barriers that runners must jump over in a track and field race.; A portable frame or panel, traditionally made of interwoven branches, used as a fence or enclosure.
  2. verb
    To jump over an obstacle or barrier while running.; To overcome or deal with a difficulty or problem successfully.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: hurdles 3rd sing.: hurdles Past: hurdled Past part.: hurdled Pres part.: hurdling

Collocations

clear a hurdleovercome a hurdlejump a hurdlehurdle racefinal hurdlemajor hurdle

Derivatives

hurdlerhurdling

Synonyms

obstaclebarrierimpedimentobstructionblock

Antonyms

advantageaid

Commonly confused

hurtle
EN: 'Hurdle' means to jump over or an obstacle; 'hurtle' means to move at high speed uncontrollably.

Spelling tips

EN: Do not confuse 'hurdle' (an obstacle or to jump over) with 'hurtle' (to rush headlong at speed).

💬 Examples

  1. She faced many hurdles on her path to becoming a doctor.

  2. The athlete cleared all ten hurdles in the 110-meter race.

  3. The farmer used wooden hurdles to pen the sheep in the field.

  4. The runner hurdled the fence and continued down the street.

  5. The team hurdled every challenge thrown at them during the project.