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English to English noun
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an effort that is inconvenient |
• I went to a lot of trouble
• he won without any trouble
• had difficulty walking
• finished the test only with great difficulty
source: wordnet30
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a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result |
• serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent
source: wordnet30
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a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome |
• grappling with financial difficulties
source: wordnet30
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the quality of being difficult |
• they agreed about the difficulty of the climb
source: wordnet30
| 5 |
The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty. | source: webster1913
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