something difficult

[uncountable and countable noun]

[uncountable noun] formal

careful thought and attention, especially before making an official or important decision:

making you believe that something is true or right

Courtenay played the role in an utterly convincing way.

in the course of last year = during last year

• (verb)news
  to report the details of an event for a newspaper or a television or radio programme:
  I'd just returned from covering the Cambodian war.

• to include or deal with a particular subject or group of things:
  'Exercise' is a word which covers a vast range of activities.

the pieces of something that are left after it has been destroyed in an accident, explosion etc:

done in a way that is intended or planned [= on purpose, intentionally]:

design (verb) context: is designed as

Definition: to plan or develop something for a specific purpose (Longman DCE 2008)

Example: These exercises are designed to sthrengthen your muscles. (Longman DCE 2008)

This textbook has been designed to explain the basic terminology of the subject area.

a piece of electronic equipment, such as alaptop computer or amobile phone, that is small and easy to carry

plural disabilities