hard

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Antonyms 1.3.4 Derived terms 1.3.5 Translations 1.4 Adverb 1.5 Noun 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adjective 2.2.1 Antonyms 2.2.2 Derived terms 3 Irish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English heard

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: häd, IPA: /hɑːd/, SAMPA: /hA:d/
• (GenAm) enPR: häd, IPA: /hɑɹd/, SAMPA: /hArd/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)d
• Homophones: heart (in some dialects)

[edit] Adjective

hard (comparative harder, superlative hardest)

1. Resistant to pressure.
2. Requiring a lot of effort to do or understand

   a hard problem

3. Demanding a lot of effort to endure.

   a hard life

4. (of a person) , severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
5. Unquestionable.

   hard evidence

6. Of drink, strong.
7. (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.

8. Of water, high in dissolved calcium compounds.
9. (slang, vulgar, of a male) Sexually aroused.
10. (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
11. (physics) Of a ferromagnetic material, having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (c.f. soft)

[edit] Quotations

• (requiring a lot of effort to do or understand) 1988: “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.” — An Oracle, Edmund White

[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

[edit] Derived terms

• Look at pages starting with hard.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Adverb

hard (comparative harder, superlative hardest)

1. With much strength or energy

[edit] Noun

hard (plural hards)

1. (nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• Homophones: hart

[edit] Adjective

hard (Alternate form: harde, comparative: harder, superlative: hardst)

1. hard (resistant to pressure)
2. hard (unquestionable)

   harde feiten

3. hard (Of water, high in dissolved calcium compounds)

[edit] Antonyms

• (resistant to pressure): zacht

[edit] Derived terms

• hardheid
• hardlopen

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [haːɾˠd̪ˠ]

[edit] Adjective

hard

1. Mutated form of ard.