hard

CEFRA1

/hɑːd/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Firm, solid, or difficult to bend or break.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Difficult to do, understand, or deal with.

Examples

  • Life is hard, but I am harder.

  • Tom is not alone in finding Rick hard to work with.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

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adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Solid and firm.

  2. Resistant to pressure; difficult to break, cut, or penetrate.

  3. Containing alcohol.

More examples

In context

  • You work as hard as he did at your age.

  • This bread is so stale and hard, I can barely cut it.

  • hard cider, hard lemonade, hard seltzer, hard soda

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English hard, from Old English heard, from Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī), from Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kort-ús, from *kret- (“strong, powerful”). Cognates Cognate with Yola hard (“hard”), West Frisian hurd (“hard”), Alemannic German hert (“hard”), Bavarian hoat (“hard”), Central Franconian haat (“hard”), Dutch hard (“hard”), German hart (“hard”), Luxembourgish haart (“hard”), Danish and Swedish hård (“hard”), Faroese and Icelandic harður (“hard”), Norwegian Bokmål hard (“hard”), Norwegian Nynorsk hard, hard’u (“hard”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (hardus, “hard”), Ancient Greek κρατύς (kratús, “strong, mighty”), Sanskrit क्रतु (krátu, “power, might, ability”), A...