EASY


Meaning of EASY in English

I.

adj.

VERBS

▪ be , look , seem , sound

▪ become , get

Life is getting easier for us.

▪ remain

▪ make sth

These changes should make your job easier.

▪ find sth

I found the exam quite ~.

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

▪ awfully , exceptionally

▪ especially , particularly

▪ enough , reasonably

It is ~ enough to see how it happened.

▪ comparatively , relatively

▪ amazingly , incredibly , remarkably , ridiculously , surprisingly

The written test was ridiculously ~.

▪ apparently , seemingly ( esp. AmE )

▪ not exactly

Doing all that while injured isn't exactly ~.

▪ increasingly

▪ deceptively

It looks deceptively ~ to hit the ball into the hole.

PREPOSITION

▪ for

Writing is not ~ for her.

PHRASES

▪ all too ~

It was all too ~ to forget why we had been sent there.

▪ as ~ as 1, 2, 3 , as ~ as ABC , as ~ as as pie (= very easy)

▪ the easiest thing in the world

It is the easiest thing in the world to blame your parents.

▪ be no ~ task

Contacting everyone was no ~ task.

▪ make sth as ~ as possible

We want to make it as ~ as possible for members to participate.

▪ not as ~ as it looks, seems, sounds, etc.

Playing tennis is not as ~ as it looks.

▪ quick and ~

a book designed for quick and ~ reference

Easy is used with these nouns: ↑ acceptance , ↑ access , ↑ answer , ↑ assembly , ↑ availability , ↑ banter , ↑ catch , ↑ charm , ↑ choice , ↑ climb , ↑ confidence , ↑ conscience , ↑ decision , ↑ delivery , ↑ descent , ↑ dismissal , ↑ drive , ↑ exam , ↑ excuse , ↑ exercise , ↑ exit , ↑ explanation , ↑ familiarity , ↑ feat , ↑ fix , ↑ flow , ↑ grace , ↑ identification , ↑ job , ↑ journey , ↑ kill , ↑ labour , ↑ life , ↑ maintenance , ↑ manner , ↑ mark , ↑ money , ↑ movement , ↑ navigation , ↑ option , ↑ parking , ↑ part , ↑ prey , ↑ problem , ↑ rapport , ↑ read , ↑ recipe , ↑ reference , ↑ remedy , ↑ removal , ↑ resolution , ↑ rhythm , ↑ ride , ↑ road , ↑ route , ↑ scapegoat , ↑ smile , ↑ solution , ↑ stride , ↑ stroll , ↑ subject , ↑ sum , ↑ target , ↑ task , ↑ test , ↑ thing , ↑ transition , ↑ victim , ↑ victory , ↑ virtue , ↑ walk , ↑ way , ↑ win , ↑ winner , ↑ work

II.

adv.

Easy is used with these verbs: ↑ sleep

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