Pronunciation

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Plain form
bar

Third-person singular
bars

Past tense
barred

Past participle
barred

Present participle
barring

  1. The present participle of bar.

Preposition

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Preposition
barring

  1. unless something happens or is true.
    Barring a big change in popular opinion, he should become the next president.
    Nothing barring a major disaster can stop her.
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