strange
207
2.3
- adjective
- /streɪndʒ/
:
desconocido
- And we started up from scratch in a strange country with very little money.
- strange and unfamiliar
- a strange new world
- in a strange land
And we started up from scratch in a strange country with very little money.
- And we started up from scratch in a strange country with very little money.
- So it's no longer just this strange app from China that we don't know about.
- And that's one thing that made me feel stranger in my own in my own home.
Examples
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And that might just be a strange artifact of translation.
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As she put it back, she noticed a strange object lying on the ground.
Fiction book (1990) -
So this may not sound that strange to people in this room.
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What a strange place for a party.
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Out of nothing, I have created a strange new universe.
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I was in terror of being left alone in this strange country where only she knew the language.
Academic text (1997) -
It's a strange town that way, especially with new arrivals.
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Did you ever go to a totally strange place and feel from the very first moment that you'd been there before?
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There once was a lost knight... who wandered into a strange town called Assisi.
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When she traveled abroad, she encountered many strange customs that were unfamiliar to her.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Recently made or found and not seen before
∞
3.2
Strange or unusual in a way that makes people feel uncomfortable
∞
2.2
Not common and different from what people expect
913
2.0
Not usual and not like what people expect
798
1.0
Different from what is normal or expected
629
2.3
Not known or named, often with no name given
406
5.9
Very strange or unusual in a way that surprises people
237
4.8
Unusual and interesting because it comes from another country or is different from what people know
131
4.0
Strange or unusual in a way that attracts attention
123
4.6
Different from what is normal and expected
122
4.6
Not often found or seen and so rare
104
4.4
Not known or seen before
72
5.1
New and different, not seen or done before
57
6.7
Very unusual because it has never happened before
48
4.1
Not usual and different from what people expect
34
7.4
Strange or unusual in a way that surprises people
23
8.1
Not like what is usual or expected
Slightly strange in a small, gentle way
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A complex pattern that a changing system moves toward while behaving unpredictably
- Specialized
A very small particle that forms in fast collisions and decays more slowly
- Specialized
Very small particle inside some subatomic particles with electric charge -1/3 and strangeness -1
How Unfamiliar
Surface Forms
Etymology
Strange also comes from the idea of being 'from outside' in the old word extraneus, so it was used about people or things you do not know. That's why strange can mean 'unfamiliar' or new to your experience, like a stranger you have not met before.