Definition von easy
Wortformen:comparative easier
, superlative easiest
1. Adjektiv [ADJECTIVE to-infinitive]
If a job or action is easy, you can do it without difficulty or effort, because it is not complicated and causes no problems.
The shower is easy to install.
It's easy to get a seat at the best shows in town.
This is not an easy task.
The home is situated within easy access of shops and other facilities.
2. Adjektiv
If you describe an action or activity as easy, you mean that it is done in a confident, relaxed way. If someone is easy about something, they feel relaxed and confident about it.
She is laughing and joking and making easy conversation with people she has never
met before.
He was an easy person to talk to.
...when you are both feeling a little easier about the break up of your relationship.
3. Adjektiv [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
4. Adjektiv [verb-link ADJECTIVE] [ADJECTIVE to-infinitive]
If you say that something is easy or too easy, you are criticizing someone because they have done the most obvious or least difficult thing, and have not considered the situation carefully enough.
[disapproval] That's easy for you to say.
It was all too easy to believe it.
5. Abgestuftes Adjektiv [v-link ADJ on the n]
You use easy in expressions such as easy on the ear or easy on the eye when you are describing things that are pleasant and that do not need much effort to be enjoyed or done.
[informal] The music sounds like an advert–easy on the ear but bland and forgettable.
The layout should be clear and easy on the eye.
...a low-impact form of aerobic exercise that's easy on the joints.
6. Adjektiv [ADJECTIVE noun]
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13. See also easily
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AdjektivWortformen:ˈeasier or ˈeasiest
4.
fond of comfort, ease, or idleness
9.
a.
in little demand
said of a commodityb.
lacking firmness in prices
said of a market AdverbWortformen:ˈeasier or ˈeasiest Informal
11.
easily
12.
slowly and carefully
Redewendungen:
SYNONYMY NOTE: easy is the broadest term here in its application to that which demands little effort
or presents little difficulty [easy work]; facile means occurring, moving, working, etc. easily and quickly, sometimes unfavorably
suggesting a lack of thoroughness or depth [a facile style]; effortless, in contrast, favorably suggests expert skill or knowledge as responsible for performance
that seems to require no effort [the effortless grace of the skater]; smooth suggests freedom from or riddance of irregularities, obstacles, or difficulties as
bringing ease of movement [a smooth path to success]; simple, in this connection, suggests freedom from complication or elaboration as making
something easy to understand [a simple recipe] OPPOSITES: hard, difficult
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Wortherkunft von easy
▶ USAGE Easy is not used as an adverb by careful speakers and writers except in certain set phrases:
to take it easy; easy does it. Where a fixed expression is not involved, the usual adverbial form of easily is preferred: this polish goes on more easily (not easier) than the other
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We have learned that life is easier if we support one another. The Sun (2017)So easy to forget when all they do is drone on about buying stuff for their companies. Times, Sunday Times (2016)He could make the job look easy. Times, Sunday Times (2016)What is now easy used to be difficult. Times, Sunday Times (2017)Yet those questions are arguably the easy ones. Times, Sunday Times (2016)So did he use a comic form to make it easier to say provocative things? Times, Sunday Times (2016)This adds texture, but remains simple and easy on the eye. Times, Sunday Times (2016)Switching is quick, easy and free. The Sun (2016)It almost sounds too easy: the simple act of walking will make you healthier and add years to your life. Times, Sunday Times (2016)It will be interesting to listen to him because it could make his life a bit easier. Times, Sunday Times (2016)White is easier on the eye then. Times, Sunday Times (2007)This makes it easy to forget their radical history. Times, Sunday Times (2016)What could be simpler and easier than that? Times, Sunday Times (2008)Was the writing easier or more difficult than trying to write on your own? Exploring language (6th edn) (1995)We found the package effective and easy to use. Times, Sunday Times (2012)Obviously that does make his job a bit easier. The Sun (2008)This button is free and easy to use. The Sun (2009)And arguably the questions about governments are the easy ones. Times, Sunday Times (2011)Which is not to say it is easy. Times, Sunday Times (2014)Then they made it much easier for settlers to obtain land of their own. The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)This made them relatively easy prey for older party leaders who had patronage to give or withhold. THE GUARDSMEN (2004)We wish we could stop at this point and go on to something easier. Principles of Corporate Finance (1991)These little meatballs are quick and easy to make and utterly delicious. Times, Sunday Times (2011)It is thought information received through the right ear is easier to process. The Sun (2009)The minimum requirement for a good radio presenter is an easy speaking manner. Times, Sunday Times (2008)Caring less makes my life so much easier. Times, Sunday Times (2016)They may be big but they are bold and easy on the eye. The Sun (2006)But it is easy to forget how last season crashed. Times, Sunday Times (2008)It is easy to see what is going on in this situation. THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend (2002)The format is simple and easy to pick up. The Sun (2014)To compose a planting scheme is similarly easy or difficult. The Education of a Gardener (1994)He said: 'It comes easy to me. The Sun (2009)He said: 'It is not easy to leave a team when you have been there almost four years. The Sun (2010)
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Britisches Englisch: easy
/ˈiːzɪ/ ADJECTIVE
If a job or action is easy, you can do it without difficulty.
Our maths homework was easy.
- Amerikanisches Englisch: easy
- Arabisch: سَهْل
- Brasilianisches Portugiesisch: fácil
- Chinesisch: 容易的
- Kroatisch: lagan
- Tschechisch: snadný
- Dänisch: let
- Niederländisch: gemakkelijk
- Europäisches Spanisch: fácil
- Finnisch: helppo
- Französisch: facile
- Deutsch: einfach
- Griechisch: εύκολος
- Italienisch: facile
- Japanisch: 簡単な
- Koreanisch: 쉬운
- Norwegisch: lettvint
- Polnisch: łatwy
- Europäisches Portugiesisch: fácil
- Rumänisch: ușor
- Russisch: легко
- Spanisch: fácil
- Schwedisch: enkel lätt
- Thai: ง่าย
- Türkisch: kolay
- Ukrainisch: простий
- Vietnamesisch: dễ
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