difficulty
Nouns
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(n) 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
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(n) 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
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(n) 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
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(n) the quality of being difficult
- they agreed about the difficulty of the climb