hard
hard
hɑrd
haard
/hɑːd/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "hard"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ, āĻĻ⧁āϰ⧂āĻš

needing a lot of skill or effort to do
hard definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Writing a novel can be hard, as it requires creativity, discipline, and perseverance.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏ⧃āϜāύāĻļā§€āϞāϤāĻž, āĻļ⧃āĻ™ā§āĻ–āϞāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ, āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ

very difficult to cut, bend, or break
hard definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The apples were too hard to bite into.
āφāĻĒ⧇āϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ, āĻœā§‹āϰāĻžāϞ⧋

done with great force or intensity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The workers hit the metal with hard blows to shape it.
āĻļā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āϰāĻž āϧāĻžāϤ⧁āϕ⧇ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āφāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ, āϤāĻžāϞāĻŦā§āϝ

(of a sound) pronounced by moving the back of the tongue toward the velum
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The letter " g " in " go " makes a hard sound, unlike its soft counterpart in " giant. "
"go"-āĻ "g" āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇, "giant"-āĻ āĻāϰ āύāϰāĻŽ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ, āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ

(of light) producing sharp contrasts and clearly defined shadows
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She used hard light to accentuate the details.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āφāϞ⧋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ, āĻŽāĻžāĻĻāĻ•

(of alcoholic beverages) haiving a high alcohol content, often used to describe spirits like whiskey, vodka, or rum
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
At the party, they served mostly hard drinks, including gin and tequila.
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϜāĻŋāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŸā§‡āĻ•āĻŋāϞāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ, āĻ•āĻˇā§āϟāĻ•āϰ

difficult to endure or experience, often related to misfortune
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It was hard to watch the team lose after such a strong start.
āĻāϤ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āϏ⧂āϚāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻšāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ, āĻļ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ•

stiff or tough due to lack of moisture
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cookies were so hard they could break your teeth.
āϕ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻāϤāϟāĻžāχ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāρāϤ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ, āϚ⧁āύāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ

(of water) high in dissolved salts, particularly calcium and magnesium
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The plumber recommended a water softener because the house had hard water.
āĻĒā§āϞāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϜāϞ āϏāĻĢā§āĻŸā§‡āύāĻžāϰ āϏ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āϜāϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ, āϭ⧇āĻĻāύāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ

(of radiation) having relatively high penetrating power or energy, such as X-rays or gamma rays
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
X-rays are a type of hard radiation used in medical imaging.
āĻāĻ•ā§āϏ-āϰ⧇ āĻšāϞ āĻŽā§‡āĻĄāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ āχāĻŽā§‡āϜāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻāĻ• āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāϰāĻŖāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ, āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦ

based on solid, verifiable evidence or facts
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We need to focus on hard data rather than speculation when making decisions.
āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻĄā§‡āϟāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ, āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ

(of subjects) relying on measurable, verifiable data or facts
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Mathematics is a hard subject, with clear, objective solutions.
āĻ—āĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ, āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ, āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āϏāĻšāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ, āĻ…āύāĻŽāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ

showing an uncompromising or rigid approach, often in politics or opinions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The debate became more intense as both sides took hard positions on healthcare.
āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āφāϰāĻ“ āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āωāĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāχ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝāϏ⧇āĻŦāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ, āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ

(of a body part) becoming stiff or firm, often in response to certain feelings or physical reactions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The body 's natural response in certain situations is to become hard or tense.
āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻļāϰ⧀āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϞ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻž āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ“āĻ āĻžāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇

with a lot of difficulty or effort
hard definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She studied hard for her exams.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

in a firm or tight manner, often referring to how something is held
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He gripped the steering wheel hard during the storm.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻšā§āχāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇, āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

in an earnest or focused manner
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He stared hard at the map, trying to make sense of the route.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύāϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϰ⧁āϟāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

to the fullest extent, often used in specific contexts like navigation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sailors were told to turn hard port as the storm approached.
āύāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϏāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰāϤ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇, āϏāĻ‚āϞāĻ—ā§āύ

in close proximity to a particular place or time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They set up camp hard by the trail to catch the sunrise.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝ⧋āĻĻāϝāĻŧ āϧāϰāϤ⧇ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āχāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ, āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧ

into a firm state
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The glue dried hard after a few minutes.
āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āφāĻ āĻž āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻļ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤

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