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difficulty
English
Etymology
From Middle English difficultee, from Old French difficulté, from Latin difficultas, from difficul, older form of difficilis (“hard to do, difficult”), from dis- + facilis (“easy”); see difficile and difficult. Equivalent to dis- +? facile +? -ty. Also analysable as difficult +? -y, though the adjective is historically a backformation from the noun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?f?k?lti/
Noun
difficulty (countable and uncountable, plural difficulties)
- The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
- An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
- (sometimes in the plural) Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning
- 2012 August 2, "Children rescued after getting into difficulties in Donegal" BBC Online
- 2016 March 30, Alan Thompson, "Diver taken to hospital after getting into difficulties at Stoney Cove diving centre" Leicester Mercury
- 2016 February 24, Catherine Shanahan, "Boy, 13, drowns after getting into difficulty in river" Irish Examiner
- The three teenagers, a girl and two boys, were playing by the river when it is believed they got into difficulty.
- 2016 March 14, "Kayaker rescued after getting into difficulty" Bournemouth Echo
- Members of the public had called 999 as they were concerned the kayaker was in difficulty around the headland race due to very strong spring tides and choppy seas with the kayaker making no headway.
- 2016 March 19, Neil Shaw "Teens rescued from Dartmoor after getting into difficulty" Plymouth Herald
- A group of young people had to be rescued from Dartmoor on Friday night after getting into difficulty during a Duke of Edinburgh exercise. […] A 16-year-old girl required medical attention and a medic was winched down to the site by helicopter.
- An objection.
- That which cannot be easily understood or believed.
- An awkward situation or quarrel.
Derived terms
- difficulty level
- with difficulty
Related terms
- difficile
- difficult
Translations
Further reading
- difficulty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- difficulty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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oppression
English
Etymology
From Middle English oppression, from Old French oppression, from Latin oppressi? (“a pressing down, violence, oppression”), from opprim?; see oppress.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??p????n/
- Rhymes: -???n
- Hyphenation: op?pres?sion
Noun
oppression (countable and uncountable, plural oppressions)
- The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
- Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings […] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves […]
- The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed.
- A feeling of being oppressed.
Related terms
- oppress
Translations
Further reading
- oppression in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- oppression in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Latin oppressi?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.p??.sj??/
Noun
oppression f (plural oppressions)
- oppression
- (Louisiana) asthma
Further reading
- “oppression” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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