Kilo Lingo

easy

/ˈiːzi/

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Translation

Not hard to do or understand.

Word origin

From Old French aisie, meaning at ease or comfortable.

Origin
Old French
Root
aisie

Examples

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"Easy" tells you the book is not hard to understand.

test .

Here "easy" means it did not take much work.

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"Easy" shows the way is simple and quick.

"Easy" means something is not hard. An easy job takes little effort, and an easy book is simple to read. It is the opposite of "hard" or "difficult".

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This word is part of lesson 7.