difficulty
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2.4
- noun
- /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/
:
dificultad
- Yeah, I think he just has difficulty speaking.
- learning difficulties
- difficulty finding
- difficulty accessing
My marriage had difficulties, a lot of tension.
- My marriage had difficulties, a lot of tension.
- There there is still difficulty in disentangling what's going on.
- Yeah, so awkward, insecure kid, difficulty making friends.
- Take on difficulties while they are still easy.
- And it just adds like another layer of difficulty to cooking.
- They might articulate some difficulty they're having.
- But she's having difficulty staying in this long distance relationship.
- You can rise above these difficulties on a national level.
Examples
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As a small and struggling department, we had difficulty hiring and retaining top-tier faculty members.
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I'm having difficulty deciding what to do career wise.
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The greatest cause of serious financial difficulty is feelings for families that cannot pay their bills.
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So what are the ways in which this difficulty could be avoided?
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Many racial, ethnic, and religious groups can have difficulty within the U.S. health care system.
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For instance, some young learners have difficulty learning to write dialogue between characters in a story.
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He has been my mentor and my strength in times of difficulty on this floor.
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Heart rate monitors might help teachers motivate students who otherwise have difficulty connecting with physical education.
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To conclude, I reflect on some of the difficulties implicit in this project.
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Many students experience difficulties when trying to solve complex math problems.
Synonyms
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3.1
A difficult task that tests a person's skill and will
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2.7
Effort someone makes to do something
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2.9
A period when someone has difficulty or trouble
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3.4
A thing or problem that makes it hard to reach a goal
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3.5
A situation or task that is hard to deal with
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7.6
A person, question, or thing that is very difficult to deal with
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5.4
Being difficult to deal with and needing skill or care
How hard something is to do, deal with, or understand
How difficult something is to do or understand
A state of needing a lot of hard work and time
A lot of hard work needed to do a task
A quality that makes something difficult or causes extra work
The quality of being very difficult to manage or control
The quality of being very difficult to understand because it is complex
Antonyms
Compounds
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3.9
A condition that makes it harder for a person to understand or do things like others their age
How Difficult
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Difficulty comes from Latin parts dif- meaning 'not' and facilis meaning 'easy', and facilis comes from facere meaning 'to do'. So a difficulty is something 'not easy to do' and needs extra effort.