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strong

adj
/stɹɒŋ/UK/stɹæŋ//stɹɔŋ/US

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”). Cognate with Scots strang (“strong”), Saterland Frisian strang, West Frisian string (“austere, strict, harsh, severe, stern, stark, tough”), Dutch streng (“strict, severe, tight”), German streng (“strict, severe, austere”), Danish and Norwegian streng (“strong, hard”), Faroese and Icelandic strangur (“strict”), Norwegian strang (“strong, harsh, bitter”), Swedish sträng, strang (“severe, strict, harsh”), Latin stringō (“tighten”). Doublet of strict and string.

  1. derived from *strengʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *strangaz✻
  3. inherited from *strang✻
  4. inherited from strang
  5. inherited from strong

Definitions

  1. Capable of producing great physical force.

    • a big strong man; Jake was tall and strong
    • The man was nearly drowned after a strong undercurrent swept him out to sea.
    • For he was swift as swallow in her flight, And strong as Lyon in his lordly might.

  2. Capable of withstanding great physical force.

    • a strong foundation; good strong shoes
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Outgassing of oxygen is strongest when primary production rates are greatest; ingassing is at a maximum during net respiration.
  4. ›+ 18 more definitions

    1. Determined

      Determined; unyielding.

      • The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
      • 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.
      • It noted China was especially strong in the fast-growing area of “deep learning.”

    2. Highly stimulating to the senses.

      • a strong light; a strong taste

    3. Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.

      • a strong smell

    4. Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.

      • a strong cup of coffee; a strong medicine

    5. Having a high alcoholic content.

      • a strong drink
      • She gets up, and pours herself a strong one. - Eagles, Lying Eyes

    6. Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which…

      Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.

      • a strong verb

    7. That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution.

      • a strong acid; a strong base

    8. Not easily subdued or taken.

      • a strong position

    9. Having wealth or resources.

      • a strong economy

    10. Impressive, good.

      • You're working with troubled youth in your off time? That’s strong!

    11. Having a specified number of people or units.

      • The enemy's army force was five thousand strong.
      • Our armie will be forty thouſand ſtrong, When Tamburlain and braue Theridamas Haue met vs by the riuer Araris: And all conioin’d to meete the witleſſe King, That now is marching neere to Parthia.

    12. Severe

      Severe; very bad or intense.

      • Physicians may diagnosis influenza by a throat culture or blood test, which may be important if you have a particularly strong flu, if your doctor suspects pneumonia or a bacterial infection.

    13. Having a wide range of logical consequences

      Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)

    14. Convincing.

      • […] but grounding him ſelfe vpon ſtrong reaſons, to wit, that he had not offended the Iewes, neither yet the Law, but that he was innocēt, and therefore that no iudge oght to geue hym in the hādes of his ennemies […]

    15. In a strong manner.

      • As a salesperson I always come on strong.

    16. A surname.

    17. A number of places in the United States

      A number of places in the United States:

    18. A township and community therein, in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at strong. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at strong. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at strong

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA