harder

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
9
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/hɑːdə/
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/hɑːdə/ · /ˈhɑɹdɚ/ · [ˈhɑɹɾɚ]

Definition of harder

3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (comparative, form-of)comparative form of hard: more hard
    “He is more likely to succeed because he tries harder.”
    “Steel is harder than copper so we use steel tools to cut copper pipes.”
    “For companies such as Trans Pennine Express, it will be even harder. It has the unwelcome claim to being Britain's worst train operator, with recent statistics from the Office of Rail and Road showing it cancelled nearly a quarter of its services in February, with lack of available train crew a real problem.”
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adj

  1. (comparative, form-of)comparative form of hard: more hard
    “He is more likely to succeed because he tries harder.”
    “Steel is harder than copper so we use steel tools to cut copper pipes.”
    “For companies such as Trans Pennine Express, it will be even harder. It has the unwelcome claim to being Britain's worst train operator, with recent statistics from the Office of Rail and Road showing it cancelled nearly a quarter of its services in February, with lack of available train crew a real problem.”

noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of haarder.

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

From hard + -er.

Anagrams of harder

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