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Meanings of
conundrum
in English
Portuguese
adivinha
Catalan
endevinalla
Spanish
enigma
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Any problem where the answer is very complex, possibly unsolvable without deep investigation.
riddle
enigma
brain-teaser
Portuguese
adivinha
Synonyms
Examples for "
riddle
"
riddle
enigma
brain-teaser
Examples for "
riddle
"
1
Not so; you used the
riddle
and I but spoke in kind.
2
For two days I'd carried the
riddle
of Project Nemesis inside me.
3
How had he not been able to work out this
riddle
earlier?
4
And in the
riddle
of Cleobulus, one of the seven wise men:
5
One day Ish heard him asking a
riddle
of the other children.
1
Think of it: perhaps the
enigma
would, at last, prove me right.
2
Today might see the answer to the
enigma
contained in the chronicles.
3
Continue tracking
enigma
warships and engage them if the opportunity presents itself.
4
The presence of water in the Earth has long been an
enigma
.
5
Back in my mind was buzzing the
enigma
of the Blind Spot.
1
The Football Association have missed the obvious solution to their FA Cup draw
brain
-
teaser
.
2
Afterward, stop by the nature-themed gift shop, which sells gifts, books, toys and
brain
-
teaser
souvenirs.
3
On a calendar of increasingly uniform, anodyne circuits, the streets of Monaco are a pitching, swerving, unreadable
brain
-
teaser
.
4
Instead of creating
brain
-
teaser
titles, the company announced this week that it will develop a Quake-style combat game called Assault!
5
It took me a few moments to piece it all together, like some sort of
brain
-
teaser
in a quiz book-lampshadeor profile?
Usage of
conundrum
in English
1
Why We Need Peer-to-Peer So Badly This
conundrum
has no easy resolution.
2
And everybody has to deal with that thirteen-year-old's
conundrum
:
'Am I real?'
3
The current bout of good weather has brought with it a
conundrum
.
4
Impact investing has been posited as a possible solution to this
conundrum
.
5
This is the heart of the
conundrum
for Ireland and the EU.
6
This is the philosophical
conundrum
facing the game in our country today.
7
Ireland v Argentina, Felipe Contepomi interview: It represents a typical sporting
conundrum
.
8
Princeton computer science whiz Ed Felten and others point out the
conundrum
.
9
It seems to reduce the idea of God to a logical
conundrum
.
10
The Eubank
conundrum
Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren don't agree on much.
11
But he also gave the 54 conflicted Uefa members an additional
conundrum
.
12
The answer to this apparent
conundrum
is that we are all inbred.
13
The
conundrum
is to know what to do with the little rascal.
14
Multiple crossings of Atlantic by ancient monkeys This presents an obvious
conundrum
.
15
If that is a
conundrum
,
I can answer it the first time.
16
The full ineptitude of this
conundrum
only dawned upon me by degrees.
Other examples for "conundrum"
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About this term
conundrum
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
same conundrum
moral conundrum
old conundrum
interesting conundrum
philosophical conundrum
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Translations for
conundrum
Portuguese
adivinha
enigma
charada
adivinhação
adivinhas
Catalan
endevinalla
Spanish
enigma
rompecabezas
acertijo
adivinanza
misterio
Conundrum
through the time
Conundrum
across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Less common