hard

US /hɑː(r)d/

UK /hɑ:d/

A1

adjecitve

  • Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • (Of facts) not able to be misunderstood; clear
  • (Of alcohol) strong
  • Involving or requiring lots of work, effort, care
  • Being full of pain, trouble, and problems
  • Strong
  • (Of edge) clear; sharp
  • Difficult to bend, break or cut; solid

adverb

  • With lots of force, power, or impact

Examples

If you tell the children the answers, it only makes it harder for them to do the work on their own.

Life got very hard.