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adjective
- 1. solid, firm, and rigid; not easily broken, bent, or pierced: "a hard mattress"
- 2. done with a great deal of force or strength: "a hard blow to the head"
adverb
- 1. with a great deal of effort: "they work hard at school"
- 2. so as to be solid or firm: "the mortar has set hard"
- difficult to do, understand or answer. a hard choice/decision/question. hard to do something It is hard to believe that she's only nine. It's hard to see how they can lose.
- full of difficulty and problems, especially because of a lack of money synonym tough. Times were hard at the end of the war. She's had a hard life. opposite easy.
- needing or using a lot of physical strength or mental effort. It's hard work shovelling snow. This is the hardest part of my job. It was one of the hardest things I ever did.
- (of people) putting a lot of effort or energy into an activity. She's a very hard worker. He's hard at work on a new novel. When I left they were all still hard at it (= working hard).
adjective. , hard·er, hard·est. not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable. Synonyms: flinty, adamantine, firm, compact, compressed, rigid, inflexible. Antonyms: soft. firmly formed; tight: a hard knot. difficult to do or accomplish; fatiguing; troublesome: a hard task.
HARD definition: 1. firm and stiff, and not easy to press or bend: 2. difficult to do or understand: 3. using or…. Learn more.
Check pronunciation: hard. Definition of hard adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
What does the word hard mean? There are 83 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word hard, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. hard has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.
difficult to do or understand: It must be hard to study with all this noise. Opposite. easy adj. B1. needing or using a lot of physical or mental effort: It was hard work on the farm, but satisfying. do/learn something the hard way. to do or learn something by having a lot of problems or difficulty.
pronunciation: hard. parts of speech: adjective, adverb. features: Word Combinations ( adjective ), Word Builder, Word Explorer. Word Builder: hard +. harden: to make hard or harder. hardworking: giving a strong effort. Word Explorer. See. skeleton, tooth. The meaning of hard. Definition of hard.
