Associations to the word «Difficulty»

Wiktionary

DIFFICULTY, noun. The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
DIFFICULTY, noun. An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
DIFFICULTY LEVEL, noun. The relative difficulty of completing a task or objective.
DIFFICULTY LEVEL, noun. (video games) One of the difficulty settings in a video game.
DIFFICULTY LEVELS, noun. Plural of difficulty level

Dictionary definition

DIFFICULTY, noun. An effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty".
DIFFICULTY, noun. A factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result; "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent".
DIFFICULTY, noun. A condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties".
DIFFICULTY, noun. The quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb".

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