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English to English noun
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an effort that is inconvenient |  | Example: I went to a lot of trouble
he won without any trouble
had difficulty walking
finished the test only with great difficulty
source: wordnet30
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a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result | | Example: serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent
source: wordnet30
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a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome | | Example: grappling with financial difficulties
source: wordnet30
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the quality of being difficult | | Example: they agreed about the difficulty of the climb
source: wordnet30
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The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty. | | source: webster1913
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