barrier to entry
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- noun
- /ˈbæriər tə ˈɛntri/
- Specialized
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barrera de entrada
- The most prominent barrier to entry is a patent.
- low barriers to entry
- high barriers to entry
- barrier to entry for foreign
Well, lots of things, but mostly the barrier to entry for VR.
- Well, lots of things, but mostly the barrier to entry for VR.
- And that's a barrier to entry to receiving a guide dog.
- When I graduated from AFI, the barrier to entry was financial.
- It's kind of like these segments of income opportunities where the barrier to entry isn't that high.
- But the thing about these standards is they serve as barriers to entry.
- OK, Med schools, but there are other sorts of barriers to entry.
- And if you don't like the way that it's run here, there's no barrier to entry.
- I think unfortunately there is a barrier to entry into tech surrounding the degree that you have.
- And we want to recognize that cost and, and a person's ability to pay should not be the primary barrier to entry.
- What can you make that is very low lift and has a low barrier to entry, but still gives fans of Dude Perfect that same feeling.
- There are further barriers to entry too, in the form of research costs and building trust amongst potential customers.
- But conversely, I think because the barriers to entry are lower now and it's kind of been, there's been a democratization to like getting in the game.
Examples
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New intermediaries make it possible to develop and distribute content across old boundaries, lowering barriers to entry.
Academic text (2010) -
There are further barriers to entry too, in the form of research costs and building trust amongst potential customers.
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Break down the barriers to entry and education and go grab your customer.
Blog text (19) -
If it does nothing else, it reduces the barrier to entry for learning a sport.
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Low barriers to entry may encourage employment increases for these providers.
Academic text (2018) -
And in fact, most places in the world are reducing the barriers to entry for migrants.
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Complicated approval procedures limit housing market competition by creating barriers to entry.
Academic text (1992) -
If you want to be a JavaScript developer, the barriers to entry are pretty low.
Blog text (14) -
And the idea here was to lower the barriers to entry for artisan cheese makers by simplifying the business model.
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Many small businesses struggle because there is a significant barrier to entry in their industry due to high startup costs.
Synonyms
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3.4
A thing or problem that makes it hard to reach a goal
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3.7
Something that stops or makes it hard to make progress
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3.8
An obstacle or problem you must overcome
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3.9
A problem that stops progress or makes a goal hard to reach
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4.4
A problem that stops progress or makes moving forward difficult
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Morphology
The meaning 'an obstacle making it difficult for newcomers to enter a market' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'barrier' (an obstacle) with 'entry' (the act of entering), with 'to' marking the target of the obstacle. This straightforward compositional pattern is common in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Barrier to entry paints a simple picture: a barrier like a fence at the entry of a place that stops new people from going in. So it means 'something that makes it hard for new companies or people to enter a market or industry'.