HARD-WON

Meaning of HARD-WON in English

adjective

[ usually before noun ] that you only get after fighting or working hard for it :

She was not going to give up her hard-won freedom so easily.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

HARD-WON — adjective Date: 1818 gained by great effort
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HARD-WON — adjective Date: 1818 : gained by great effort
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HARD-WON — Pronunciation: - ' w ə n Function: adjective Date: 1818 : gained by great effort
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HARD-WON — [hard-won] adj (ca. 1843): gained by great effort
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HARD-WON — hard-won BrE AmE ˌhɑːd ˈwʌn ◂ AmE \ ˌhɑːrd-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HARD-WON — ˌhard-ˈwon BrE AmE adjective achieved only after a lot of effort and difficulty: her hard-won independence
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HARD-WON — If you describe something that someone has gained or achieved as hard-won , you mean that they worked hard to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARD-WON — If you describe something that someone has gained or achieved as ~, you mean that they worked hard to gain …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HARD-WON — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A bit of a bombshell, Vi distracts Betty's hard-won suitor Hugh, touching off a set …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HARD-WON — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
HARD-WON — adj. Hard-won is used with these nouns: ↑ gain
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HARD-WON — завоеванный с трудом, добытый ценой больших усилий; кровный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HARD-WON — a завоёванный с трудом, добытый ценой больших усилий; кровный
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HARD WON — (r) добытый ценой больших усилий
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HARD WON — (a) завоеванный с трудом; кровный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HARD-WON — a завоёванный с трудом, добытый ценой больших усилий; кровный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HARD-WON — a завоёванный с трудом, добытый ценой больших усилий; кровный
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HARD-WON — завоеванный с трудом, добытый ценой больших усилий; кровный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WON — midaog;nakadaog (Verb) nakakuhag
English-Visayan vocabulary
WON — I. intransitive verb (~ned; ~ning) see: ~t Date: before 12th century dwell 2a, abide 2, see: win III. noun (plural …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HARD — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) hard disk hard water {{link=strong and hard punishment">strong and hard punishment Townes Charles Hard
Английский словарь Британика
WON — I. ˈwən intransitive verb ( wonned ; wonned ; wonning ; wons ) Etymology: Middle English wonen, wunen, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HARD
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WON — (n.) Dwelling; wone.
Английский словарь Webster
WON — (v. i.) To dwell or abide.
Английский словарь Webster
WON — () imp. & p. p. of Win.
Английский словарь Webster
WON — (imp. & p. p.) of Win
Английский словарь Webster
WON — imp. & p. p. of Win.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WON — ( v. i. ) To dwell or abide.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WON — ( n. ) Dwelling; wone.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WON — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Win
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WON — won 1 /wun/ , v. pt. and pp. of win . won 2 /wun, woon, wohn/ , v.i. , wonned, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HARD
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WON — n. currency of Korea
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WON — I. ˈwən, ˈwōn intransitive verb ( wonned ; won·ning ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wunian — more at …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HARD — I. ˈhärd adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English heard; akin to Old High German hart hard, Greek kratos strength …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WON — noun dwelling; wone. 2. won ·- imp. & ·p.p. of win. 3. won ·vi to dwell or abide. 4. won …
Webster English vocab
HARD — adv close or near. 2. hard ·adv so as to raise difficulties. 3. hard ·adv uneasily; vexatiously; slowly. 4. hard …
Webster English vocab
WON — ~ 1 past and past participle of win . ———————— ~ 2 [ wɒn ] ■ noun ( plural same) …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WON — [won] vi wonned ; won.ning [ME, fr. OE wunian--more at wont] (bef. 12c) archaic: dwell 2a, abide 2. [2]won past …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WON — I won past & past participle of ▷ win wʌn II won Korean currency BrE AmE wɒn AmE \ wɑːn
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HARD — hard BrE AmE hɑːd AmE hɑːrd ▷ harder ˈhɑːd ə AmE ˈhɑːrd ə r ▷ hardest ˈhɑːd ɪst -əst AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WON — pt, pp of win
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARD — / hɑːd; NAmE hɑːrd/ adjective , adverb ■ adjective ( hard·er , hard·est ) SOLID / STIFF 1. solid, firm …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WON — I. won 1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE the past tense and past participle of ↑ win 1 II. won 2 /wɒn …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HARD — I. hard 1 S1 W1 /hɑːd $ hɑːrd/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative harder , superlative hardest ) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WON — past and past part. of WIN.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HARD
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HARD
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HARD
Oxford English vocab
WON — Won is the past tense and past participle of win .
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARD — ( harder, hardest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WON — Won is the past tense and past participle of win .
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HARD — (~er, ~est) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that is ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WON — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES won by a landslide ▪ The SNP candidate won by a landslide . won comfortably ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HARD
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HARD — Synonyms and related words : Herculean, Philistine, about, absolute, abstruse, accented, acerb, acerbic, acrid, acrimonious, actively, acute, adamant, adamantine, addictive, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HARD — adj. Function: adverb 1 with great or utmost force FF1C; hit the nail hard FF1E; Synonyms: energetically, forcefully, forcibly, hardly, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HARD — I. adjective 1. Synonyms: firm 2, solid Related Word: compacted, compressed, concentrated, consolidated, packed; callous, hardened, indurate, indurated, set; adamantine, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HARD — INDEX: 1. when something does not change its shape or bend 2. food 3. to become hard or make something …
Longman Activator English vocab
HARD — See ↑ DIFFICULT 1,3, ↑ HARD 1,2, ↑ TIRED/TIRING 7 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be hard at work • ↑ be …
Longman Activator English vocab
HARD — adj. 25B6; adjective hard ground : FIRM, solid, rigid, stiff, resistant, unbreakable, inflexible, impenetrable, unyielding, solidified, hardened, compact, compacted, dense, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HARD — adj. 1 rigid, stiff, solid, inflexible, firm, dense, condensed, compressed, close, solidified, hardened; stony, rocklike, concrete, petrified, granite(-like), flinty, steely; …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WON — сущ. вона (национальная валюта Южной и Северной Кореи; равна 100 чонам) past и р.р. от win вона (денежная единица Северной …
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