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hardrequiring a lot of physical or mental effort; difficult to accomplish

Part of speech: ADJECTIVE

Definition: requiring a lot of physical or mental effort; difficult to accomplish

Pronunciation (IPA): /hɑːrd/

Korean meaning: 힘든, 어려운

Korean pronunciation: 하드 (강세: 하드)

Example Sentences

  • My bed is so hard that I feel like I'm sleeping on a rock concert stage.
  • Learning English is hard, but eating pizza while studying is harder on my diet.
  • The CSAT exam is hard, so students need to study hard.

hard

ADJECTIVE

//hɑːrd//

requiring a lot of physical or mental effort; difficult to accomplish

hard concept
💡 Concept

A hiker struggles with the hard mountain climb carrying heavy gear

hard rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

It's hard to guard with just a card!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/hɑːrd/
🇬🇧 UK/hɑːd/

🌳Etymology

Roothard

Origin

고대 영어 'heard'에서 유래되어 '단단한, 견고한'이라는 뜻으로 사용되었습니다. 게르만어족의 공통 조상어에서 나온 말로, 독일어 'hart', 네덜란드어 'hard'와 같은 어원을 가집니다.

🎵Rhyme

cardguardyardregard
card
guard
yard
regard

🔗Collocations

work hard
hard work
hard time
try hard
hard to believe
hard rock
hard question

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My bed is so hard that I feel like I'm sleeping on a rock concert stage.

😄 Fun example

Learning English is hard, but eating pizza while studying is harder on my diet.

The CSAT exam is hard, so students need to study hard.

He hit the ball so hard that it flew over the fence.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

difficulttoughchallengingsolidfirm

Antonyms

easysoftsimple

Related

hardlyhardshiphardenhardware

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