"harder" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /hɑːdə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhɑɹdɚ/ [General-American], [ˈhɑɹɾɚ] [General-American]
enPR: hädʹə, härdʹər Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)də(ɹ) Etymology: hard + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hard|er|id2=comparative}} hard + -er Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adjective}} harder
  1. comparative form of hard: more hard Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: hard (extra: more hard) Derived forms: harder working
    Sense id: en-harder-en-adj-d5sg5Qeq Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er (comparative)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /hɑːdə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhɑɹdɚ/ [General-American], [ˈhɑɹɾɚ] [General-American] Forms: harders [plural]
enPR: hädʹə, härdʹər Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)də(ɹ) Etymology: From Afrikaans haarder (“mullet”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|af|haarder|t=mullet}} Afrikaans haarder (“mullet”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} harder (plural harders)
  1. Alternative spelling of haarder Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: haarder
    Sense id: en-harder-en-noun-~dA4VHA~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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