Meaning
7 sensesComfortable; at ease.
Now that I know it's taken care of, I can rest easy at night.
Requiring little skill or effort.
It's often easy to wake up but hard to get up.
The teacher gave an easy test to her students.
leicht, einfach
лёгкийljóxkij, просто́йprostój
легки́йlehkýj
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
Causing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour.
Rich people live in easy circumstances, that is, the easy life.
an easy chair
Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth.
easy manners; an easy style
(derogatory, informal, usually)Consenting readily to sex.
She has a reputation for being easy; they say she slept with half the senior class.
пода́тливыйpodátlivyj
readily exploited or tricked
Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; compliant.
(dated)Not straitened as to money matters; opposed to tight.
The market is easy.
Examples
4731 sentencesEverything eventually gets easier with practice.
Із практикою все з часом стає простіше.
ruС практикой всё со временем становится проще.
English is not easy for us.
Англійська непроста мова для нас.
ruАнглийский не простой для нас.
deEnglisch fällt uns schwer.
That's easy for you to say.
Тобі легко казати.
ruТебе легко говорить.
deDu hast leicht reden.
This book is easy to read.
Цю книжку легко читати.
ruЭту книгу легко читать.
deDieses Buch ist leicht zu lesen.
This book seems easy to me.
Ця книжка мені здається цікавою.
ruЭта книга кажется мне простой.
deDieses Buch erscheint mir einfach.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English esy, eesy, partly from Middle English ese (“ease”) + -y, equivalent toFrom Middle English esy, eesy, partly from Middle English ese (“ease”) + -y, equivalent to ease + -y, and partly from Anglo-Norman eisé from Old French aisié (“eased, at ease, at leisure”), past participle of aisier (“to put at ease”), from aise (“empty space, elbow room, opportunity”), of uncertain origin. See ease. Merged with Middle English ethe, eathe (“easy”), from Old English īeþe, from Proto-Germanic *auþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwtus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to enjoy, consume”). Compare also Old Saxon ōþi, Old High German ōdi, Old Norse auðr, auð-, Icelandic auð (adverb), auð-, all meaning "easy." More at ease, eath.
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Forms
easier/more easy, easiest/most easySynonyms
56 synonymsAntonyms
10 antonymsWord family
37 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
12 patterns- easier easier
- be easy to
- be easier easier
- an an easy
- easier easier to
- easy to do
- be easy for
- easier easier than
- won't be easy
- as easy as
- would be easy
- easy to find