Meaning of difficulty | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
   countable, uncountable
2. The state of being difficult, or hard to do
3. difficulty, trouble, problem, challenge, constraint, strenuousness, arduousness
4. An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
   countable, uncountable
5. dificultad; penalidad; obstáculo.
6. An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal
7. awkwardness
8. The condition or quality of being difficult: the difficulty of a task.
9. Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning
10. hardship, challenge, plight, distress
11. An objection.
    countable, uncountable
12. Something not easily done, accomplished, comprehended, or solved: We face a difficulty that requires unconventional thinking.
13. An objection
14. second-person plural imperative of dificultar
15. That which cannot be easily understood or believed.
    countable, uncountable
16. often difficulties A troublesome or embarrassing state of affairs, especially of financial affairs: lost his job and found himself in difficulties.
17. That which cannot be easily understood or believed
18. An awkward situation or quarrel.
    countable, uncountable
19. A disagreement or dispute: a company trying to settle difficulties with labor.
20. the state or quality of being difficult
21. a task, problem, etc, that is hard to deal with
22. (often plural) a troublesome or embarrassing situation, esp a financial one
    often plural
23. a dispute or disagreement
24. (often plural) an objection or obstacle: he always makes difficulties.
    often plural

Equivalents

Examples

“My mom is old and has a lot of difficulty (in) remembering all her grandchildren's names.”

“We faced a difficulty in trying to book a flight so late.”

“The difficulties of photoheliography consist principally in the rapidity with which the sun's image acts upon the sensitive film.”

“The two-hour debate was briefly stalled by a technical difficulty with the moderators’ microphones.”

“2012 August 2, "Children rescued after getting into difficulties in Donegal" BBC Online”

“The three teenagers, a girl and two boys, were playing by the river when it is believed they got into difficulty.”

“Members of the public had called 999 as they were concerned the kayaker was in difficulty around the headland race due to very strong spring tides and choppy seas with the kayaker making no headway.”

“A group of young people had to be rescued from Dartmoor on Friday night after getting into difficulty during a Duke of Edinburgh exercise. […] A 16-year-old girl required medical attention and a medic was winched down to the site by helicopter.”

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