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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arduous/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arduous/#x1)
- Climbing the mountain was long and arduous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arduous/#x2)
- Building the railway was arduous work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arduous/#x3)
- After an arduous day, the farmer fell asleep at once. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arduous/#x4)
- The pioneers' trek west was arduous and dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arduous/#x5)
- Learning a new instrument can be arduous at first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arduous/#x6)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arduous/#x7)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arduous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.