Strong

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Physically powerful; capable of exerting great physical force.
  • adjective. Marked by great physical power.
  • adjective. In good or sound health; robust.
  • adjective. Economically or financially sound or thriving.
  • adjective. Having force of character, will, morality, or intelligence.
  • adjective. Having or showing ability or achievement in a specified field.
  • adjective. Capable of the effective exercise of authority.
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  • adjective. Capable of withstanding force or wear; solid, tough, or firm.
  • adjective. Having great binding strength.
  • adjective. Not easily captured or defeated.
  • adjective. Not easily upset; resistant to harmful or unpleasant influences.
  • adjective. Having force or rapidity of motion.
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  • adjective. Persuasive, effective, and cogent.
  • adjective. Forceful and pointed; emphatic.
  • adjective. Forthright and explicit, often offensively so.
  • adjective. Extreme; drastic.
  • adjective. Having force of conviction or feeling; uncompromising.
  • adjective. Intense in degree or quality.
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  • adjective. Having an intense or offensive effect on the senses.
  • adjective. Clear and loud.
  • adjective. Readily noticeable; remarkable.
  • adjective. Readily detected or received.
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  • adjective. Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
  • adjective. Containing a considerable percentage of alcohol.
  • adjective. Powerfully effective.
  • adjective. Of or relating to a color having a high degree of saturation.
  • adjective. Having a specified number of units or members.
  • adjective. Marked by steady or rising prices.
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  • adjective. Of or relating to those verbs in Germanic languages that form their past tense by a change in stem vowel, and their past participles by a change in stem vowel and sometimes by adding the suffix -(e)n, as sing, sang, sung or tear, tore, torn.
  • adjective. Of or relating to the inflection of nouns or adjectives in Germanic languages with endings that historically did not contain a suffix with an n.
  • adjective. Stressed or accented in pronunciation or poetic meter. Used of a word or syllable.
  • adverb. In a strong, powerful, or vigorous manner; forcefully.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Strongly; very; exceedingly.
  • An obsolete past participle of string.
  • Tenacious, so that the particles when compressed separate with difficulty: used of molding-sand containing a large proportion of alumina or clay.
  • Possessing, exerting, or imparting force or energy, physical or moral, in a general sense; powerful; forcible; effective; capable; able to do or to suffer.
  • Having vital force or capability; able to act effectively; endued with physical vigor; used absolutely, physically powerful; robust; muscular: as, a strong body; a strong hand or arm.
  • Having means for exerting or resisting force; provided with adequate instrumentalities; powerful in resources or in constituent parts: as, a strong king or kingdom; a strong army; a strong corporation or mercantile house.
  • Having or consisting of a large number, absolutely or relatively; numerically forcible or well provided: usually implying also some special element of strength in some or all of the units composing the number: as, a strong detachment of troops; a strong political party.
  • Of specified numerical force; having so many constituent members: applied to armies, and sometimes to other bodies of men, or to animals.
  • Exerting or capable of characteristic force; powerful in the kind or mode of action implied; specifically, forceful or efficient: as, a strong painter or actor; a strong voice; strong eyes.
  • Vigorous in exercise or operation; acting in a firm or determined manner; not feeble or vacillating: used of the mind or any of its faculties: as, a strong-minded person; a strong intellect, memory, judgment, etc.
  • Possessing moral or mental force; firm in character, knowledge, conviction, influence, or the like; not easily turned, resisted, or refuted: as, a strong candidate; a strong reasoner.
  • Marked by force or vigor of performance; done, executed, produced, or uttered energetically; effected by earnest action or effort; strenuous; stressful; urgent.
  • Word Usage
    "-- There is certainly a strong likeness between the Marquis and Lord Darcey; -- _so strong_, that when I first beheld his Lordship I was quite struck with surprize."
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