Look up: difficulty

1. difficulty
   [n] - a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one`s ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome 2. [n] - a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result 3. [n] - the quality of being difficult
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2. Difficulty
   Dif'fi·cul·ty noun ; plural Difficulties . [ Latin difficultas , from difficilis difficult; dif- = dis- + facilis easy: confer French difficulté . See Facile .] 1. The state ...
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3. difficulty
   Origin: L. Difficultas, fr. Difficilis difficult; dif- = dis- + facilis easy: cf. F. Difficulte. See Facile. ... 1. The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty. 'Not being able t...
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4. difficulty
   difficultness noun the quality of being difficult; `they agreed about the difficulty of the climb`
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5. difficulty
   noun 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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6. difficulty
   noun 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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7. Difficulty
   • (n.) Embarrassment of affairs, especially financial affairs; -- usually in the plural; as, to be in difficulties. • (n.) A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil. • (n.) Something difficult; a thing hard to do or to understand; that which occasions labor o...
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8. difficulty
   
   • an effort that is inconvenient
   • a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result
   • a situation or condition almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
   
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9. Difficulty
   Alternative name for the tariff of a routine
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