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easy
CEFRA1
/ˈiːzi/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Not difficult or needing much effort.
- 02
adjective
Calm, comfortable, or relaxed.
Examples
You are working too hard. Take it easy for a while.
You always take things too easy.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- [ˈɪi̯zɪi̯]
- /ˈi.ze/
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsCausing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour.
Requiring little skill or effort.
Comfortable; at ease.
More examples
In contextIt's often easy to wake up but hard to get up.
Now that I know it's taken care of, I can rest easy at night.
The teacher gave an easy test to her students.
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Origin
adjective
From Middle English esy, eesy, partly from Middle English ese (“ease”) + -y, equivalent to ease + -y, and partly from Anglo-Norman eisé from Old French aisié (“eased, at ease, at leisure”), past participle of aisier (“to put at ease”), from aise (“empty space, elbow room, opportunity”), of uncertain origin. See ease. Merged with Middle English ethe, eathe (“easy”), from Old English īeþe, from Proto-Germanic *auþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwtus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to enjoy, consume”). Compare also Old Saxon ōþi, Old High German ōdi, Old Norse auðr, auð-, Icelandic auð (adverb), auð-, all meaning "easy." More at ease, eath.