hard

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   With a lot of effort or force.

   The whole team worked hard to finish on time.

2. 2
   adv

   In a way that causes serious damage or difficulty.

   The town was hit hard by the floods.

3. 3
   adv

   Firmly and tightly.

   She held hard to the railing as the boat rocked.

Common collocations

• hard work Adjective + noun
• hard drive Adjective + noun
• the hard truth Adjective + noun

From Middle English hard, from Old English heard, from Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī), from Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kort-ús, from *kret- (“strong, powerful”). Cognates Cognate with Yola hard (“hard”), West Frisian hurd (“hard”), Alemannic German hert (“hard”), Bavarian hoat (“hard”), Central Franconian haat (“hard”), Dutch hard (“hard”), German hart (“hard”), Luxembourgish haart (“hard”), Danish, Swedish hård (“hard”), Faroese, Icelandic harður (“hard”), Norwegian Bokmål hard (“hard”), Norwegian Nynorsk hard, hard’u (“hard”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (hardus, “hard”), Ancient Gree…

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