stranger

Plural

strangers

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.comparative form of strange: more strange

   • Truth is stranger than fiction.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.

   • That gentleman is a stranger to me.
   • Children are taught not to talk to strangers.

2. 2.An outsider or foreigner.

   • I am a most poor woman and a stranger, / Born out of your dominions.
   • Melons on beds of ice are taught to bear, / And strangers to the sun yet ripen here.
   • I like to be a stranger myself, it was my destiny; but I wish to be the only stranger.

3. 3.One not admitted to communion or fellowship.

4. 4.A newcomer.

   • Wearing number 66 for his club side, Alexander-Arnold is no stranger to an unusual shirt number. Regardless, the sight of the right-back wearing 10 in central midfield for England was guaranteed to catch the eye.

Overall

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By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Uncommon

Academic

Rare

Literature

Rare

Word family

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