hard
With much force or effortWith much force or effort.
» I want you to work harder.
Du sollst härter arbeiten! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Я хочу, чтобы ты больше работал. — odexed
Я хочу, чтобы вы больше работали. — marafon
Я хочу, щоб ти більше працював. — deniko
Я хочу, щоб ти більше працювала. — deniko
Я хочу, щоб ви більше працювали. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 sensesWith much force or effort.
He hit the puck hard up the ice.
They worked hard all week.
си́льноsílʹno
with effort or force or vigor
With difficulty.
His degree was hard earned.
slowly and with difficulty
Compactly.
The lake had finally frozen hard.
(obsolete)So as to raise difficulties.
(archaic)Near, close.
At the intersection, bear hard left.
very near or close in space or time
Examples
8481 sentencesI want you to work harder.
Я хочу, щоб ти більше працював. — deniko
ruЯ хочу, чтобы ты больше работал. — odexed
deDu sollst härter arbeiten! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I expect you to work harder.
Я очікую, що ти працюватимеш старанніше. — deniko
We were forced to work hard.
Нас змусили важко працювати. — aandrusiak
ruНам дали тяжёлую работу. — Hellerick
deWir waren gezwungen, hart zu arbeiten. — GuidoW
Is it hard to speak English?
Англійською важко розмовляти? — deniko
ruТрудно ли говорить по-английски? — Wayawa
deIst es schwierig, Englisch zu sprechen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Study as hard as you can.
Навчайся так наполегливо, як тільки можеш. — leyla
ruУчись так старательно, как только можешь. — leyla
deLerne so fleißig, wie du kannst! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English hard, from Old English heard, from Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī), fromFrom Middle English hard, from Old English heard, from Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī), from Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kort-ús, from *kret- (“strong, powerful”).
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Forms
harder, hardestSynonyms
5 synonyms- slowly and with difficulty:hardly
- causing great damage or hardship:severely
- with firmness:firmly
- indulging excessively:heavilyintemperately
Word family
15 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
Collocations
12 patterns- worked hard
- be hard to
- study harder
- a hard time
- as hard as
- had a hard
- hard to do
- hard time
- to study harder
- hard to believe
- try harder
- be hard for
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.