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Definition of taxing adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

taxing

adjective
 
/ˈtæksɪŋ/
 
/ˈtæksɪŋ/
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  1. needing a great amount of physical or mental effort synonym demanding
    • a taxing job
    • This shouldn't be too taxing for you.
    • There was nothing intellectually taxing about the exercise.
    Synonyms difficultdifficulthard ▪ challenging ▪ demanding ▪ taxingThese words all describe something that is not easy and requires a lot of effort or skill to do.difficult not easy; needing effort or skill to do or to understand:
    • The exam questions were quite difficult.
    • It is difficult for young people to find jobs around here.
    hard not easy; needing effort or skill to do or understand:
    • I always found languages quite hard at school.
    • It was one of the hardest things I ever did.
     difficult or hard?Hard is slightly less formal than difficult. It is used particularly in the structure hard to believe/​say/​find/​take, etc., although difficult can also be used in any of these examples.challenging (approving) difficult in an interesting way that tests your ability.demanding difficult to do or deal with and needing a lot of effort, skill, etc.:
    • It is a technically demanding piece of music to play.
    taxing (often used in negative statements) difficult to do and needing a lot of mental or physical effort:
    • This shouldn’t be too taxing for you.
    Patterns
    • difficult/​hard/​challenging/​demanding/​taxing for somebody
    • difficult/​hard to do something
    • physically difficult/​hard/​challenging/​demanding/​taxing
    • technically difficult/​challenging/​demanding
    • mentally/​intellectually challenging/​demanding/​taxing
    Topics Working lifec2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • prove
    • become
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
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