Meaning

1 senses

  1. To treat (a person) badly; to subject to hardships.

Examples

93 sentences

  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. — xtofu80

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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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Origin

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

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

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Forms

hardships, hardshipping, hardshipped, hardshipped
Base formhardship · to hardship
3rd person singularhardships
Present participlehardshipping
Past simplehardshipped
Past participlehardshipped

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhardship
he, she, ithardships

Past simpleLesson

all personshardshipped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hardshipped
he, she, ithas hardshipped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hardship

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hardenhardlyA2hardnesshardwareB2hardwoodhardworking
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