strong
- adjective
- /strɔŋ/
- The coffee was so strong that it kept me awake all night.
- very strong
- strong evidence
- strong effect
And it just has such a strong hue hint of green.
- And it just has such a strong hue hint of green.
- The sun is very strong and we love her.
- And so there is a strong chance to do well.
- It's, the message is so strong, just beautiful.
- Smoother wine finishes quite strong, little more complex as well.
- And we can make it hotter and stronger if we want to.
- I think it's like strong opinions weekly held.
- So I've never had like a strong desire to have kids.
- Matter of fact, strong no, no means no.
- It's just a lot of hot air that's not strong, that's actually weak.
Examples
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I was raised on strong coffee.
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The dollar was really strong over the last year.
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And so there is a strong chance to do well.
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My feelings for her are still so strong.
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The tension of the story has to be strong enough to keep the reader turning pages.
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Not surprisingly, this announcement met with a strong, though not necessarily negative, reaction from the research community.
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Based on Cohen's guidelines, the three items had a strong relationship with each other.
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We've seen excellent growth and a strong increase in circulation compared with the last five years.
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Plus, you submitted some really strong poems to The Grackle.
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The preface also makes clear the strong didactic and moral purpose of the book.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
Having great physical strength, like a strong machine or person
Very strong or intense, for example very dark
A very strong feeling or quality you feel deeply
Very strong and harmful, often causing great damage
Very strong in amount or feeling that is hard to deal with
Very strong or forceful, like a heavy blow
Loud and powerful in sound
A substance that has a strong effect even in small amounts
Showing strong power and clear confidence in speech or actions
Very strong, as a drink or wind
Very strong and hard to resist, making you feel overwhelmed
Much stronger than normal
Very good at making something work much better than usual
Antonyms
Compounds
An argument with good evidence and clear reasons that is likely to convince people
A fast, powerful flow of water in a river or the sea that pulls people and things away
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A force that holds protons and neutrons together inside an atom's nucleus
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A theorem that says the average of many independent random results almost certainly equals the true average
- Literature
A powerful character who opposes the hero and creates major conflict
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A healthy plant that acts as a strong base and resists disease for grafting another plant
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The average of many separate random results becomes almost always close to the true average
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An old short vowel that later becomes a full vowel in modern Slavic languages
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Strong comes from Old English strang, meaning 'powerful', and is the same root as strength, so a 'strong' drink has extra power or effect on you.