harder

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hädʹə, IPA^(key): /hɑːdə/
• (General American) enPR: härdʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈhɑɹdɚ/, [ˈhɑɹɾɚ]
• Hyphenation: hard‧er
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)də(ɹ)

From hard +‎ -er.

harder

1. comparative form of hard: more hard

   He is more likely to succeed because he tries harder.

   Steel is harder than copper so we use steel tools to cut copper pipes.

   • 2023 April 5, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Pay deal a positive result”, in RAIL, number 980, page 3:

     For companies such as Trans Pennine Express, it will be even harder. It has the unwelcome claim to being Britain's worst train operator, with recent statistics from the Office of Rail and Road showing it cancelled nearly a quarter of its services in February, with lack of available train crew a real problem.

• harder working

From Afrikaans haarder (“mullet”).

harder (plural harders)

1. Alternative spelling of haarder

• Harred, Herard

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɑr.dər/

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• Hyphenation: har‧der
• Rhymes: -ɑrdər

From Middle Dutch harder. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

harder m (plural harders)

1. a mullet, fish of the family Mugilidae
2. a flathead mullet, flathead grey mullet, Mugil cephalus

• Afrikaans: harder
• → Papiamentu: aldu, haldu

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

harder

1. comparative degree of hard

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harder

1. to harness together (hunting dogs etc)