Noun
- (n.) trouble, difficulty (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"
- (n.) difficulty (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"
- (n.) difficulty (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"
- (n.) difficulty, difficultness (the quality of being difficult) "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"
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