difficulty

simple_noun52 collocationsAvg. frequency: 7.0

A common way to say there is a lot of difficulty.

Indicates a difficulty that has potentially bad consequences.

Used to describe an important and significant difficulty.

Used to describe a significant amount of difficulty.

Used to describe a very large amount of difficulty.

Used to describe the highest degree of difficulty.

Difficulty related to managing money.

Indicates a very intense and serious difficulty.

Difficulty related to machinery, equipment, or specific procedures.

Emphasizes that the difficulty is genuine and not minor.

Difficulty related to the economy or finances.

Difficulty related to the actual doing or implementation of something.

A specific, distinct type of difficulty.

A condition that makes it difficult for someone to learn as quickly as others.

A difficulty that might happen in the future.

A difficulty that is unique to a certain situation or group.

Difficulty in managing or expressing one's emotions.

Difficulty that is growing or becoming greater over time.

Difficulty in controlling one's behavior. 'Behavioural' is BrE, 'behavioral' is AmE.

Used to describe very serious and worrying difficulty.

A difficulty that is a natural and permanent part of something.

A difficulty that is impossible to overcome.

Used when a difficulty or problem begins to happen.

Used to identify the main cause or source of a problem.

Refers to how hard or easy something is.

Used after 'have' or 'experience' to specify the action that is difficult.

Used after 'have' to specify the thing that is causing a problem.

Done in a way that is not easy; requiring a lot of effort.

Done in a way that is easy; requiring little or no effort.

Used to connect the noun 'difficulty' to the action or thing that is difficult.

To be in a situation where you have problems, especially financial or physical (e.g., a swimmer in trouble).

Indicates that something happens even though there is a difficulty.

A very common way to say that something is hard to do.

To be the reason for a problem or difficulty.

To succeed in dealing with or controlling a difficulty.

To have to deal with a difficult situation.

To take action to solve a problem or difficulty.

To bring a problem or difficulty into existence.

To have a particular problem or difficulty.

To deal successfully with a difficult situation.

To prevent a difficulty from happening.

To start to experience problems.

To be a source of a problem or difficulty.

To find the answer to a problem or difficulty.

To start being in a situation with problems, especially financial ones.

To find a satisfactory solution to a difficulty.

To unexpectedly face or meet with difficulty.

To create unnecessary problems, often deliberately.

To make something harder or more challenging.

To present a problem or difficulty (more formal).

To officially tell someone about a problem or difficulty.

To show an example of a difficulty.

To be full of problems and difficulties.

To overcome a difficulty (more formal/literary).