difficulty, n.
(difficulties)
freq. cnt. 48
(difficulties)
freq. cnt. 48
an effort that is inconvenient
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 26 freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 8
difficulty trouble
sample sentences
"I went to a lot of trouble""he won without any trouble"
"had difficulty walking"
"finished the test only with great difficulty"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 13
difficulty
sample sentences
"serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 11
difficulty
sample sentences
"grappling with financial difficulties"
the quality of being difficult
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6
difficultness difficulty
sample sentences
"they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"
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antonym
lexical pointers
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semantic pointers
attribute
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