Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Difficulty or trouble; hard times.

    He has survived periods of financial hardship before.

    Härte, Not, Entbehrung

    невзго́дыnevzgódy, суро́востьsuróvostʹ, тя́готыtjágoty

    тру́дністьtrúdnistʹ, тру́днощіtrúdnošči, тя́готиtjáhoty

    something hard to endure

  2. (countable, uncountable)A burden, a source of difficulty that could impose a barrier.

    When you visit the museum, we invite you to make a donation of $10 if this will not be a hardship.

Examples

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  1. I've endured many hardships in my life.

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  2. He told us he had gone through many hardships.

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  3. He had to go through a lot of hardships.

    deEr musste viele Schwierigkeiten überwinden.

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  4. You have to endure a lot of hardships in life.

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  5. Since her father's death, she has gone through a lot of hardships.

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Translations

9 languages
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Origin

From Middle English hardshipe, equivalent to hard + -ship.

From Middle English hardshipe, equivalent to hard + -ship.

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