strong
- adjective
- /strɔŋ/
- A strong leader inspires confidence and motivates people to work together.
- strong influence
- strong support
- strong leadership
Like we could have strong GDP and low inflation.
- Like we could have strong GDP and low inflation.
- Can we bring really strong people in to support that plan?
- I think our power is stronger than they made us think.
- It is simply the rule of the strongest survive.
Examples
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In this state, there is also a backdrop of strong support for Mr. Trump.
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Like we could have strong GDP and low inflation.
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When America is strong, the world is safe.
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Have a strong sense of who you are?
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Speaker, we all, we all, want a strong and successful NHS.
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Soldiers, you have made Poland strong, confident and free.
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Integration and connection to college can also develop from strong relationships with faculty and staff members.
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Think tanks and the research they produce have a strong influence on the policy-making process.
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On the other hand, the Cambodian-American children looked for strong adult guidance, modeling, and structured practice.
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Just the effort at community building and whatnot lends itself to strong relationships between students.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
Having great physical strength, like a strong machine or person
Very strong and powerful
A person or thing that is very powerful and makes people feel respect and fear
A substance that has a strong effect even in small amounts
Showing strong power and clear confidence in speech or actions
Very strong and effective for machines, people, or actions
Much stronger than normal
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
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Strong comes from Old English strang, meaning 'powerful', and is the same root as strength, so a 'strong' leader has real power or influence to make things happen.