Dictionary entry

Difficulty

Pronunciation: /ˈdɪfɪk(ə)lti/

Pronunciation

/ˈdɪfɪk(ə)lti/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) အခက်အခဲ

Definition

difficulty /'dÇfÇkǝlti/ n ၁။ [U] ~ ( in sth/in doing sth ) အခက္အခဲ။ ဒုကၡ။ the sheer difficulty of the task ❍ Bad planning will lead to difficulty later. ❍ do sth with/without difficulty ❍ She got the door open, but only with some difficulty. ❍ be working under some difficulty (ie in difficult circumstances) ❍ I had the greatest difficulty in persuading her. ❍ We had no difficulty (in) finding the house. ၂။ [C usu pl ] အခက္အခဲ။ အက်ပ္ အတည္း။ the difficulties of English syntax ❍ children with learning difficulties ❍ financial difficulties (ie problems about money) ❍ We got into difficulty/difficulties with the rent (ie found it hard to pay).

Examples

  1. [have difficulty with something] : She’s having difficulty with her schoolwork this year.
  2. [have difficulty (in) doing something] : Six months after the accident
  3. he still has difficulty walking.
  4. [great/considerable difficulty] : We had considerable difficulty finding anywhere to park.
  5. [do something with/without difficulty] : Seb was speaking with great difficulty.
  6. Learning/reading/breathing difficulties
  7. [difficulty with/in] : If you experience difficulties in completing the form
  8. ask for help.
  9. [have/experience/encounter difficulties] : Students who encounter financial difficulties
  10. [cause/give rise to/lead to a difficulty] : Implementing the policy caused difficulties within the company.
  11. [the difficulty is] : The real difficulty is that no one in the group has a car.
  12. [a difficulty arises] : New difficulties arose from this arrangement.
  13. [in difficulty] : The loss puts our company in financial difficulty.
  14. [get/run into difficulty] : The climbers got into difficulties when there was a sudden storm.
  15. The courses vary in content and difficulty.