hard
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Old English heard (“hard”)
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) enPR: häd, IPA: /hɑːd/, SAMPA: /hA:d/
- (GenAm) enPR: häd, IPA: /hɑɹd/, SAMPA: /hArd/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(r)d
- Homophones: heart (in some dialects)
[edit] Adjective
hard (comparative harder, superlative hardest)
- Resistant to pressure.
- Requiring a lot of effort to do or understand
- a hard problem
- 1988, An Oracle, Edmund White
- Ray found it hard to imagine having accumulated so many mannerisms before the dawn of sex, of the sexual need to please, of the staginess sex encourages or the tightly capped wells of poisoned sexual desire the disappointed must stand guard over.
- Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
- a hard life
- (of a person) , severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
- Unquestionable.
- hard evidence
- 2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, The Guardian:
- Unsurprisingly for a man who went into mourning for three years after the death in 1994 of his own father, the legendary leader Kim Il-sung, and who in the first 30 years of his political career made no public statements, even to his own people, Kim's career is riddled with claims, counter claims, speculation, and contradiction. There are few hard facts about his birth and early years.
- Of drink, strong.
- (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
- At the intersection, there are two roads going to the left. Take the hard left.
- Of water, high in dissolved calcium compounds.
- (slang, vulgar, of a male) Sexually aroused.
- I got so hard watching two hot guys wrestle each other on the beach.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
- (physics) Of a ferromagnetic material, having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft)
[edit] Synonyms
- (resistant to pressure): resistant, solid, stony
- (requiring a lot of effort to do or understand): confusing, difficult, puzzling, tough, tricky
- (requiring a lot of effort to endure): difficult, intolerable, tough, unbearable
- (severe): harsh, hostile, severe, strict, tough, unfriendly
- (unquestionable): incontrovertible, indubitable, unambiguous, unequivocal, unquestionable
- (of drink): strong
- See also Wikisaurus:difficult
[edit] Antonyms
- (resistant to pressure): soft
- (requiring a lot of effort to do or understand): easy, simple, straightforward, trite
- (requiring a lot of effort to endure): bearable, easy
- (severe): agreeable, amiable, approachable, friendly, nice, pleasant
- (unquestionable): controvertible, doubtful, ambiguous, equivocal, questionable
- (of drink):
- (low in alcohol): low-alcohol
- (non-alcoholic): alcohol-free, soft, non-alcoholic
- (of roads): soft
- ("sexually aroused"): soft, flaccid
[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from hard
[edit] Translations
resistant to pressure
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requiring a lot of effort to do or understand
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demanding a lot of effort to endure
severe, of a person
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unquestionable
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of drink: strong
of water, high in dissolved calcium compounds
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[edit] Adverb
hard (comparative harder, superlative hardest)
- (manner) With much force or effort.
- He hit the puck hard up the ice.
- They worked hard all week.
- At the intersection, bear hard left.
- The recession hit them especially hard.
- Think hard on your choices.
- 1985, Michael A. Arbib, In search of the person: philosophical explorations in cognitive science, page 119:
- What, then, of the voluntarist's sense that one often has to think long and hard before making agonizing choices?
- (manner) With difficulty.
- His degree was hard earned.
- (manner) Compactly.
- The lake had finally frozen hard.
- (now archaic) Near, close.
- 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 418:
- It was another long day's march before they glimpsed the towers of Harrenhal in the distance, hard beside the blue waters of the lake.
- 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 418:
[edit] Noun
hard (plural hards)
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Dutch
[edit] Etymology
From Middle Dutch hart, from Old Dutch hart, from Proto-Germanic *harduz.
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[edit] Adjective
hard (comparative harder, superlative hardst)
- (objects) hard, strong
- (numismatics) strong, not easily devalued
- unquestionable, uncontestable
- harde feiten: hard facts
- (emotion) heartless, unsympathetic
- hard, difficult
- een harde strijd: a difficult fight
- (magnitude) harsh, heavy
- harde straffen: harsh punishments
- een harde regen: heavy rain
- (water) hard, rich in calcium
[edit] Declension
Declension of hard
[edit] Antonyms
- resistant to pressure: zacht
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Adverb
hard
[edit] Verb
hard
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /aʁd/
[edit] Adjective
- (of pornography) hardcore
- Des photos hards.
[edit] Noun
hard m. (plural hards)
- hardcore pornography
- Le Journal du hard est une émission de Canal + dédiée au cinéma pornographique.
[edit] Irish
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [haːɾˠd̪ˠ]
[edit] Adjective
hard
- Mutated form of ard.
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