hard work
hard work noun: something requiring much effort to accomplish, either physical, mental or emotional; labor; toil. (This entry is a translation hub.).
Noun
hard work (uncountable)
- Something requiring much effort to accomplish, either physical, mental or emotional; labor; toil. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- Compact strongly-built engines, with a capacity for hard work, they were, perhaps, not in the front rank of handsome locomotives, yet withal were pleasing to the eye.1958 July, J. P. Wilson, “Scottish Soliloquy”, in Railway Magazine, pages 493, 495
- Capello was keen to use Phil Jones, normally a defender, in central midfield - but it was hard work for the Manchester United teenager and his England colleagues in the first half as Spain predictably dominated possession.2011 November 12, Phil McNulty, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport
hard work meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
hard work in Hindi
- something requiring lots of effort to do
- मेहनत mehnat
hard work in Tamil
- something requiring lots of effort to do
- உழைப்பு uḻaippu
hard work in Marathi
- hard work
- कष्ट kaṣṭa
hard work in Urdu
- hard work, effort
- محنت mihnat
More languagesFewer languages
- hard work in Bengali
- কষ্ট kośṭo
- hard work in Malayalam
- കഠിനാദ്ധ്വാനം kaṭhināddhvānaṁ, പരിശ്രമം pariśramaṁ
- hard work in Sanskrit
- श्रम śráma
- hard work in Indonesian
- jerih, jerih payah, kerja keras
Forms of hard work
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Questions about hard work
- What does hard work mean?
- Hard work means something requiring much effort to accomplish, either physical, mental or emotional; labor; toil. (This entry is a translation hub.).
- What is hard work in Hindi?
- Hard work in Hindi is मेहनत (mehnat). See Hard work meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hard work?
- Hard work is a noun.
Words near hard work in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hard work (page history and authors); कष्ट (Marathi) (page history and authors); محنت (Urdu) (page history and authors); কষ্ট (Bengali) (page history and authors); കഠിനാദ്ധ്വാനം (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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