strong
//stɹɒŋ//
Forms
- Comparative
- stronger
- Superlative
- strongest
Definitions
1.Capable of producing great physical force.
- The man was nearly drowned after a strong undercurrent swept him out to sea.
2.Capable of withstanding great physical force.
- Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker.
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.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.
1.Strong people, collectively.
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
Related words
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”).