tough
To endureTo endure.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons · Recorded US: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
» That's a tough question to answer.
На це запитання складно відповісти. — User55521
На це запитання важко відповісти. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesTo endure.
To toughen.
Examples
951 sentencesThat's a tough question to answer.
На це запитання складно відповісти. — User55521
It'll be tough to do that.
Це буде важко зробити. — deniko
Is it going to be tough?
Це буде важко? — deniko
Tom is tough to deal with.
З Томом важко мати справу. — Ahha
Tom had to make a tough decision.
Том має прийняти важке рішення. — Oleksandr_Tahayev
ruТо́му нужно было принять тяжёлое решение. — soweli_Elepanto
Origin
From Middle English tough, towgh, tou, toȝ, from Old English tōh (“tough, tenacious, holdiFrom Middle English tough, towgh, tou, toȝ, from Old English tōh (“tough, tenacious, holding fast together; pliant; sticky, glutinous, clammy”), from Proto-West Germanic *tą̄h(ī), from Proto-Germanic *tanhuz (“fitting; clinging; tenacious; tough”), from *tinganą (“to press upon, throng”), from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”).
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Forms
toughs, toughing, toughed, toughedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
11 patterns- is a tough
- had a tough
- as tough as
- tough decision
- a tough decision
- a very tough
- be tough to
- be very tough
- to be tough
- a tough day
- a pretty tough
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.