Meaning

5 senses
  1. With much force or effort.

    He hit the puck hard up the ice.

    They worked hard all week.

    си́льноsílʹno

    with effort or force or vigor

  2. With difficulty.

    His degree was hard earned.

    slowly and with difficulty

  3. Compactly.

    The lake had finally frozen hard.

  4. (obsolete)So as to raise difficulties.

  5. (archaic)Near, close.

    At the intersection, bear hard left.

    very near or close in space or time

Examples

8481 sentences
  1. I want you to work harder.

    Я хочу, щоб ти більше працював. — deniko

    ruЯ хочу, чтобы ты больше работал. — odexed

    deDu sollst härter arbeiten! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I expect you to work harder.

    Я очікую, що ти працюватимеш старанніше. — deniko

  3. We were forced to work hard.

    Нас змусили важко працювати. — aandrusiak

    ruНам дали тяжёлую работу. — Hellerick

    deWir waren gezwungen, hart zu arbeiten. — GuidoW

  4. Is it hard to speak English?

    Англійською важко розмовляти? — deniko

    ruТрудно ли говорить по-английски? — Wayawa

    deIst es schwierig, Englisch zu sprechen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. 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 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
with much force or effort (related to act of think):

Origin

From Middle English hard, from Old English heard, from Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī), from

From 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, hardest
Comparativeharder Lesson
Superlativehardest

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

15 related words

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 dictionary

Dictionary 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.

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