Definition von 'easy
Wortformen: comparative easier
, superlative easiest
1. Adjektiv
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
4. Adjektiv
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
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.
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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 commodity
b.
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'
ME esi < OFr aisé, pp. of aisier (& aasié, pp. of aaisier < a- + aisier) < aise: see ease
▶ 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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Wortherkunft von 'easy'
C12: from Old French aisié, past participle of aisier to relieve, easeBeispielsätze, die 'easy' enthalten
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
White is easier on the eye then.
Times, Sunday Times (2007) Times, Sunday Times (2016) Times, Sunday Times (2013)What could be simpler and easier than that?
Times, Sunday Times (2008) Exploring language (6th edn) (1995) 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) THE GUARDSMEN (2004) Principles of Corporate Finance (1991) Times, Sunday Times (2011) The Sun (2009) Times, Sunday Times (2008)Caring less makes my life so much easier.
Times, Sunday Times (2016) The Sun (2006) 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 Sun (2014) The Education of a Gardener (1994) The Sun (2009) The Sun (2010)Zitate
Easy come, easy go
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Übersetzungen für 'easy'
Britisches Englisch: easy /ˈiːzɪ/
ADJECTIVE
If a job or action is easy, you can do it without difficulty.Our maths homework was easy.
If a job or action is easy, you can do it without difficulty.Our maths homework was easy.
- Arabisch: سَهْل
- Brasilianisches Portugiesisch: fácil
- Chinesisch: 容易的
- Kroatisch: lagan lagana
- Tschechisch: snadný
- Dänisch: let
- Niederländisch: gemakkelijk
- Europäisches Spanisch: fácil
- Finnisch: helppo
- Französisch: facile
- Deutsch: einfach
- Griechisch: εύκολος εύκολη
- Italienisch: facile
- Japanisch: 簡単な
- Koreanisch: 쉬운
- Norwegisch: lettvint
- Polnisch: łatwy łatwa
- Portugiesisch: fácil
- Rumänisch: ușor ușoară, ușori, ușoare
- Russisch: легко
- Spanisch: fácil
- Schwedisch: enkel enkeltlätt
- Thai: ง่าย
- Türkisch: kolay
- Ukrainisch: простий
- Vietnamesisch: dễ
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