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strong

//stɹɒŋ//

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

Noun

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

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Forms

Comparative
stronger
Superlative
strongest

Definitions

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 1.Capable of producing great physical force.

    • The man was nearly drowned after a strong undercurrent swept him out to sea.
  2. 2.Capable of withstanding great physical force.

    • Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker.
  3. 3.Possessing power, might, or strength.

    • A wise man is strong, yea a man of knowledge encreaseth strength.
    • Outgassing of oxygen is strongest when primary production rates are greatest; ingassing is at a maximum during net respiration.
    • Perhaps we grows very strong, stronger than Wraiths. Lord Smeagol? Gollum the Great? The Gollum! Eat fish every day, three times a day, fresh from the sea.
  4. 4.Determined; unyielding.

    • He is strong in the face of adversity.
    • It noted China was especially strong in the fast-growing area of “deep learning.”
    • Ideas are eternal; they hang in the stars, and a man must be brave and strong enough to reach up to the stars and fetch down the fire from heaven and to carry the torch among men.

Noun

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

  1. 1.Strong people, collectively.

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

  1. 1.In a strong manner.

    • As a salesperson I always come on strong.

Frequency

Overall

Very common· #497

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Common
General reading & writing
Very common
Academic
Common
Literature
Uncommon

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Etymology

From Middle English strong, strang, from Old English strang (“strong”), from Proto-West Germanic *strang (“severe, strict, rigorous, strong”), from Proto-Germanic *strangaz (“tight, strict, straight, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“taut, stiff, tight”).

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