Look up: difficulty

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   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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   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 of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility ; as, the difficulty of a task or en ...
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   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 to promote them [the interests of life] on account o ...
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   difficulty
   difficultness noun the quality of being difficult; `they agreed about the difficulty of the climb`
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   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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   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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   Difficulty
   `Difficulty` may refer to: *a problem *the difficulty level in a video game *Countermajoritarian difficulty ;See also *Facility, Easy
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   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 or perplexity, and requires skill and perseverance ...
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   difficulty
   
   1. an effort that is inconvenient
   2. a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result
   3. a situation or condition almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
   
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