difficulties
DIF-i-kuhl-teez/ˈdɪfɪkəltiz/
- 1Plural of difficulty. Use this form when you mean more than one difficulty.
The hikers faced many difficulties on the steep mountain trail.
We had a few difficulties setting up the new computer.
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- 2A run of problems that keep getting in your way, one after another.
Like hitting one red light after another on the way to work.
We ran into all sorts of difficulties trying to finish the project on time.
After months of difficulties, the family finally caught a break.
Similartroubles, problems, setbacks, woes, hardships
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difficulties is a form of difficulty
difficulty, noun: The quality of something being hard to do. Full entry
- Forms
- difficultydifficulties plural
- Spelling
- difficulty → difficulties: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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