"difficulties" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɪfɪkəltiz/ Audio: en-us-difficulties.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} difficulties
  1. plural of difficulty Tags: form-of, plural Form of: difficulty
    Sense id: en-difficulties-en-noun-ys-7Mkjm

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɪfɪkəltiz/ Audio: en-us-difficulties.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} difficulties pl (plural only)
  1. (colloquial) a series of frustrations Tags: colloquial, plural, plural-only Derived forms: in difficulties Translations (series of frustrations): vaikeudet (Finnish), hankaluudet (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-difficulties-en-noun-wOnwziGF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 44 56

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