Easy Make Easiest ˈiːzi House I Leave Place

• an easy exam/job
• he didn't make it easy for me to leave.
• their house isn't the easiest place to get to.
• vegetables that are easy to grow

easy

1. not difficult; done or obtained without a lot of effort or problems
• opposite hard
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/hard_1
• an easy exam/job
• He didn't make it easy for me to leave.
• Their house isn't the easiest place to get to.
• vegetables that are easy to grow
• Several schools are within easy reach (= not far away).
• It can't be easy for her, on her own with the children.
• It's easy for you to tell me to keep calm, but you're not in my position.
• It would be the easiest thing in the world to fall in love with him.
2. comfortable, relaxed and not worried
• opposite uneasy
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/uneasy
• I'll agree to anything for an easy life.
• I don't feel easy about letting the kids go out alone.
3. open to attack; not able to defend yourself
• She's an easy target for their criticisms.
• The baby fish are easy prey for birds.
4. pleasant and friendly
• synonym easy-going
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/easy-going
• He had a very easy manner.
5. willing to have sex with many different people
6. very easy or very easily
• Fooling him was as easy as falling off a log.
7. a person that you can easily persuade to do something, especially to give you money.
• Unfortunately, my father is no soft touch.
8. money that you get without having to work very hard for it
9. pleasant to listen to or look at
• The room was painted in soft pastels that were easy on the eye.
10. informal; relaxed
• Life was never going to be so free and easy again.
11. to have no difficulties or problems
• He’s had an easy time of it since he married Lucy.
12. to experience/not experience difficulties when you are doing something; to make things difficult/easy for somebody
• He will be given a rough ride at the party conference.
13. used to say that you do not have a strong opinion when somebody has offered you a choice
• ‘Do you want to watch this or the news?’ ‘Oh, I'm easy. It's up to you.’
14. willing to have sex with anyone
15. enjoying a comfortable way of life with plenty of money
16. a choice which is thought to be easier because it involves less effort, difficulty, etc.
• They are anxious that the new course should not be seen as a soft option.
• He decided to take the easy option and give them what they wanted.
17. to end a difficult situation by choosing the simplest solution even if it is not the best one
• He took the easy way out and didn’t go to the meeting.
18. close to something
• The house is within easy reach of schools and sports facilities.
• Verona and Padua are both within easy reach for day trips.

Extra Examples

• Doing all that while injured isn’t exactly easy.
• I found the exam quite easy.
• It is easy enough to see how it happened.
• It is the easiest thing in the world to blame your parents.
• It looks deceptively easy to hit the ball into the hole.
• It was all too easy to forget why we had been sent there.
• Life is getting easier for us.
• Playing tennis is not as easy as it looks.
• The written test was ridiculously easy.
• These changes should make your job easier.
• We want to make it as easy as possible for members to participate.
• Writing is not easy for her.
• a book designed for quick and easy reference
• He didn’t make it easy for me to leave.
• His easy charm soon won her over.
• I don’t feel easy about letting the kids go out alone.
• I want to plant some vegetables that are easy to grow.
• I’ll agree to anything for an easy life.
• It can’t be easy for her, on her own with the children.
• It was a really easy exam.
• It’s easy for you to tell me to keep calm, but you’re not in my position.
• Several schools are within easy reach.
• Their house isn’t the easiest place to get to.
• Their success at the game did not make for an easy relationship off court.
• There are no easy answers to a problem like this.
• This encyclopedia is designed for quick and easy reference.

Word Origin

• Middle English (also in the sense ‘comfortable, tranquil’): from Old French aisie, past participle of aisier ‘put at ease, facilitate’, from the phrase a aise ‘at ease’.