arduous

«arduous» in Mova's school dictionary: very hard and tiring, needing a lot of effort for a long… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (arduous, more arduous, most arduous)

meaning for a pupil

Arduous means very hard and tiring, needing a lot of effort for a long time. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in stories, history and news about long journeys, climbs, work and training: «an arduous journey», «an arduous task».

examples

• The explorers made an arduous journey across the ice. tree →
• Climbing the mountain was long and arduous. tree →
• Building the railway was arduous work. tree →
• After an arduous day, the farmer fell asleep at once. tree →
• The pioneers' trek west was arduous and dangerous. tree →
• Learning a new instrument can be arduous at first. tree →
• So the wife was very anxious while she helped her husband get ready for the long journey, knowing what an arduous task lay before him. tree →

note

Formal; everyday words: «hard», «tough», «exhausting». Pronounced AR-joo-us or ARD-yoo-us.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «arduous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.