DIFFICULTY

Meaning of DIFFICULTY in English

■ noun ( plural difficulties )

1》 the state or condition of being difficult.

2》 a difficult or dangerous situation; a problem.

Origin

ME: from L. difficultas , from dis- (expressing reversal) + facultas 'ability, opportunity'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

DIFFICULTY — -ˌkəltē, -ti also -_kə- noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English difficulte, from Latin difficultas, irregular (influence of Latin facultas …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIFFICULTY — (n.) The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the …
Английский словарь Webster
DIFFICULTY — ( n. ) The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DIFFICULTY — noun a controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil. 2. difficulty ·noun embarrassment of affairs, especially financial …
Webster English vocab
DIFFICULTY — / ˈdɪfɪkəlti; NAmE / noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ C , usually pl. , U ] a problem; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIFFICULTY — dif ‧ fi ‧ cul ‧ ty S2 W1 /ˈdɪfɪk ə lti/ BrE AmE noun ( plural difficulties ) [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DIFFICULTY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 the state or condition of being difficult. 2 a a difficult thing; a problem or hindrance. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DIFFICULTY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 the state or condition of being difficult. 2 a a difficult thing; a problem or hindrance. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DIFFICULTY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. the state or condition of being difficult. 2 a a difficult thing; a problem or hindrance. …
Oxford English vocab
DIFFICULTY — ( difficulties) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A difficulty is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIFFICULTY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a hearing problem/difficulty/impairment ▪ a special telephone for people with hearing problems added difficulty/problem etc …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIFFICULTY — [noun]We finished the job but only with great difficulty (= effort). [U]The difficulty of the task (= amount of skill …
Cambridge English vocab
DIFFICULTY — Synonyms and related words : Gordian knot, abstruseness, adverse circumstances, adversity, affliction, aggravation, agreement to disagree, altercation, annoyance, arduousness, asperity, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIFFICULTY — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable , enormous , extreme , grave , great , major , real , serious , severe …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DIFFICULTY — See ↑ PROBLEM 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ have difficulty/trouble • ↑ present a problem/difficulty • ↑ with difficulty
Longman Activator English vocab
DIFFICULTY — n. 25B6; noun the difficulty of balancing motherhood with a career : STRAIN, trouble, problems, toil, struggle, laboriousness, arduousness; informal …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIFFICULTY — n. 1 strain, hardship, arduousness, laboriousness, formidableness, tribulation, painfulness Despite much difficulty she succeeded 2 hardship, obstacle, problem, distress, pitfall, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DIFFICULTY — noun 1 BAD : She had a difficulty in obtaining a visa. GOOD : She had difficulty (in) obtaining a …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
DIFFICULTY — сущ. 1) трудность (a) grave, great, insurmountable, serious, severe difficulty ≈ значительная трудность 2) а) противоречие, несогласованность Syn : controversy, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DIFFICULTY — difficulty.ogg ʹdıfık(ə)ltı n 1. 1> трудность without difficulty - без труда to find difficulty in understanding - с трудом понимать, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DIFFICULTY — difficulty сущ.1) трудность (a) grave, great, insurmountable, serious, severe difficulty — значительная трудность 2) а) противоречие, несогласованность Syn:controversy, disagreement б) …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DIFFICULTY — n 1. 1> трудность without difficulty - без труда to find difficulty in understanding - с трудом понимать, затрудняться в …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DIFFICULTY — сущ. 1) трудность (a) grave, great, insurmountable, serious, severe difficulty — значительная трудность 2) а) противоречие, несогласованность Syn: controversy , …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DIFFICULTY — сущ. 1) трудность (a) grave, great, insurmountable, serious, severe difficulty — значительная трудность 2) а) противоречие, несогласованность Syn: controversy, disagreement б) возражение, протест Syn: objection 3) а) помеха, преграда, препятствие to clear …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DIFFICULTY — _n. 1> трудность; the difficulties of English - трудности в изучении английского языка; to find difficulty in doing smth. - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
DIFFICULTY — n. 1. трудность; the difficulties of English - трудности в изучении английского языка; to find difficulty in doing smth. - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
DIFFICULTY — routine difficulty:
Англо-Русский словарь по компьютерам
DIFFICULTY — 1) трудность 2) затруднение, препятствие, помеха • - routine difficulty
Англо-Русский словарь по вычислительной технике и программированию
DIFFICULTY — _n. 1> трудность; the difficulties of English трудности в изучении английского языка; to find difficulty in doing smth. столкнуться с …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
DIFFICULTY — 1) трудность; помеха, препятствие 2) pl затруднения - difficulties for money - be in difficulties - bridge over the difficulties …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
DIFFICULTY — сущ. 1) трудность (a) grave, great, insurmountable, serious, severe difficulty ≈ значительная трудность 2) а) противоречие, несогласованность Syn : controversy, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DIFFICULTY — (Noun) kalisod;kalisud
English-Visayan vocabulary
DIFFICULTY — noun (plural -ties) see: facile Date: 14th century the quality or state of being difficult, controversy , disagreement , objection …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DIFFICULTY — (n.) Embarrassment of affairs, especially financial affairs; -- usually in the plural; as, to be in difficulties.
Английский словарь Webster
DIFFICULTY — (n.) A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil.
Английский словарь Webster
DIFFICULTY — (n.) Something difficult; a thing hard to do or to understand; that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires skill …
Английский словарь Webster
DIFFICULTY — ( n. ) Something difficult; a thing hard to do or to understand; that which occasions labor or perplexity, and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DIFFICULTY — ( n. ) Embarrassment of affairs, especially financial affairs; -- usually in the plural; as, to be in difficulties.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DIFFICULTY — ( n. ) A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DIFFICULTY — /dif"i kul'tee, -keuhl tee/ , n. , pl. difficulties . 1. the fact or condition of being difficult. 2. Often, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DIFFICULTY — n. something that is difficult; hardship, trouble
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DIFFICULTY — noun ( plural -ties ) Etymology: Middle English difficulte, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French difficulté, from Latin difficultas, from difficilis …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DIFFICULTY — n. Pronunciation: -( ˌ )k ə l-t ē Function: noun Inflected Form: plural -ties Etymology: Middle English difficulte, from Anglo-French …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DIFFICULTY — [dif.fi.cul.ty] n, pl -ties [ME difficulte, fr. L difficultas, fr. difficilis not easy, fr. dis- + facilis easy--more at facile] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DIFFICULTY — difficult|y BrE AmE ˈdɪf ɪk ə lt |i ˈ•ək-; § -ɪ kʌlt-, § -ə kʌlt- ▷ difficult|ies iz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DIFFICULTY — (difficulties) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A ~ is a problem. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DIFFICULTY — n. Function: noun 1 something obstructing one's course and demanding effort and endurance if one's end is to be attained …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DIFFICULTY — n. 1. Arduousness. 2. Obstacle, impediment, bar, obstruction, barrier, hindrance, trouble, perplexity, exigency, trial, dilemma, embarrassment, emergency, pinch, predicament, fix, …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
DIFFICULTY — noun 1. something obstructing one's course and demanding effort and endurance if one's end is to be attained she encountered …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIFFICULTY — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
DIFFICULTY — n. 1) to cause, create, make, present difficulties for 2) to come across, encounter, experience, face, meet, run into difficulties …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
DIFFICULTY — nearu
Англо-Староанглийский словарь
DIFFICULTY — Трудность
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
DIFFICULTY — (n) затруднение; помеха; трудность
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
DIFFICULTY — n 1. 1) трудность without ~ - без труда to find ~ in understanding - с трудом понимать, затрудняться в …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
DIFFICULTY — n. трудность, препятствие, затруднение
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
DIFFICULTY — n. трудность, препятствие, затруднение
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
DIFFICULTY — трудность
Англо-Русский физический словарь
DIFFICULTY — трудность препятствие, затруднение (pl.) затруднения (материальные)
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
DIFFICULTY — трудность; препятствие, затруднение, помеха
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
DIFFICULTY — сущ. трудность, помеха, препятствие
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
DIFFICULTY — Затруднение
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
DIFFICULTY — 1) трудность 2) затруднение, препятствие, помеха
Англо-Русский словарь компьютерных терминов
DIFFICULTY — [n.] 1) трудность to stem difficulties бороться с трудностями 2) затруднение, препятствие
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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