Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Definition
hard adjective (DIFFICULT)
/hɑːd/
/hɑːrd/ adj
/hɑːrd/ adj difficult to understand, do, experience or deal with
There were some really hard questions in the exam.
It's hard to say which of them is lying.
It's hard being a single mother.
Her handwriting is very hard to read.
He's a hard man to please.
The topics get harder later in the course.
I feel sorry for the kids, too - they've had a hard time.
Opposite: easy
hardness
noun
/hɑːd.nəs//hɑːrd-/ n [U]
/hɑːrd-/ n [U] (Definition of hard adjective (DIFFICULT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
