difficulty
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English difficultee, from Old French difficulte, from Latin difficultas, from difficul, older form of difficilis (“hard to do, difficult”), from dis- + facilis (“easy”); see difficile and difficult.
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[edit] Noun
difficulty (plural difficulties)
- The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
- An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
- We faced a difficulty.
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[edit] Translations
state of being difficult
obstacle
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[edit] External links
- difficulty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- difficulty in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
