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ADJECTIVE strong COMPARATIVE stronger SUPERLATIVE strongest
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Meaning strong meaning

What does strong mean?
Definitions in simple English

strong

Having big muscles; physically powerful. Arnold is very strong. Having a smell or flavor that is easy to notice. She wore strong perfume. The taste of cinnamon was strong in my drink. Having a specified number of people or units. The enemy's army force was five thousand strong.

strong

having strength or power greater than average or expected a strong radio signal strong medicine a strong man not faint or feeble a strong odor of burning rubber (= potent) having or wielding force or authority providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection 'sing' is a strong verb (= warm) freshly made or left a warm trail the scent is warm (= solid, substantial) of good quality and condition; solidly built a solid foundation several substantial timber buildings (= hard) being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content hard liquor (= firm) strong and sure a firm grasp gave a strong pull on the rope (= potent, stiff) having a strong physiological or chemical effect a potent toxin potent liquor a potent cup of tea a stiff drink (= impregnable, inviolable, secure) immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with an impregnable fortress fortifications that made the frontier inviolable a secure telephone connection

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Examples strong examples

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Simple sentences

I have a strong objection to being treated like this.
It is important for old people to stay strong.
You are twice as strong as me.
Love is strong, but money is stronger.
Tom is really strong.
Give me some strong coffee as well.
You're the strong one.
Are they all strong?
He has strong influence on people around him.
I have never been particularly strong in mathematics.
Stay strong.
He's strong as a bull and brave as a lion.
You are strong-minded.
The strong wind died away at night.
Strong winds stripped the tree of its leaves.
The strong wind indicates that a storm is coming.
The strong wind cut the electric wires in several places.
The strong will survive and the weak will die.
The strong must help the weak.
A strong wind was blowing.
A strong wind is blowing and I can't walk fast.
It is hard to wake up without a strong cup of coffee.
Milk makes us strong.
Fanned by the strong wind, the flames spread in all directions.
Singing is her strong point.
Exercise makes your body strong.
Flying against a strong wind is very difficult.
Passing through the strong wind, the planes rock like this, but don't worry.
Tall buildings may sway in a strong wind.
The strong should take care of the weak.

Movie subtitles

So everything would be okay if I were strong?
It was strong enough to rip it off-- rip the, like, rip its bone in half.
Thanks to my incredibly strong heart, I'm not easily surprised by any.
You are strong.
Far too strong.
Despite Declan's illness, he was a strong man, full of life even in death.
All? He was a strong man, full of life even in death.
Background on Maureen Moffatt, lived alone for a long time, always a strong advocate for Evan and his mayoralty aspirations, worked like a Trojan but liked to party. She had a penchant for fancy dress.
I don't think you need to use quite such strong terms, Nurse Dyer.
Sir, they're all strong entries, but the lead contender is not here.
Let me know if I'm coming on too strong.
She's strong, opinionated, kind.
Abraham Bishop is the only politician to have a strong relationship with the rest of '.
He has a strong crush and thinks I haven't lost my innocence.
The camel is strong, but doesn't walk straight.
You're so handsome and strong, my son.
Freedom? Or the right for the strong to oppress the weak!
You are so great, so mighty and strong, so far above me. I have to stretch myself, look, just to look into your eyes, oh, so sure of victory.
You fancied yourself strong, for one hour, but you were not.
The sky was made of steel and supported by strong pillars that stood on the high mountains.
The Empire is confident of the strong friendship of the Mongolian people.
A Strong Man.
Strong enough for you to do me a big favor? - Anything at all.
Mazeppa. Hans Adalbert Mazeppa, strong man.
Oh yes, very strong!
Your will is strong, Van Helsing.
It's very strong.
Bud, how's youssef? His body's broken, but his spirit is strong.
I'm strong.
Strong.
You're strong.
You're strong, mate.
I'm not, Woods, I'm not strong.
I'm not strong at all.
They're too strong.
They are very strong.
Britain is so strong.
It's strong like you.

News and current affairs

Fortunately, some US lawmakers are taking a strong interest in this approach.
Simply restricting the practice of land clearing probably would not work, since farm families and communities would face a strong temptation to evade legal limits.
In addition, it would help if the US could take a strong lead by ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.
Until now, Russia has cared less about a new PCA than the EU, because two-thirds of Russia's exports to the Union comprise natural resources, which bring in cash even without the strong rules that a PCA provides.
America is strong, and the global economy is strong.
The time is right for a new global settlement that targets growth, addresses crisis conditions in certain parts of the world, and rebalances the global economy to set it back on a path of strong and steady growth.
Greece, on the other hand, is under the influence of a strong import lobby.
The Finnish initiative should be given strong support from all European leaders.
It would give developing nations a strong incentive to accept mandatory quotas, because if they can keep their per capita emissions low, they will have excess emissions rights to sell to the industrialized nations.
And six months after the merciless pounding of southern Lebanon, Hezbollah is as strong as it was before.
Her support is particularly strong among women voters.
Strong economic performance is somewhat surprising, given his party's interventionist policy approach, but Meles showed himself to be a consummate pragmatist in attracting investment - particularly from China - to drive growth.
In the Horn of Africa, there is no leader of his stature who could ensure the stability and strong governance that the region so desperately needs.
Given that financial integration is particularly strong within the monetary union, putting the ECB in charge was an obvious choice.
With lucrative deals at stake for the big-ticket products that drive the French economy - military hardware, nuclear power plants, and Airbus planes - France has a strong interest in a successful summit in India.
Second, there is a strong political incentive to deprive women of their rights.
Behind the smiles, the polite interactions, and the cautiously worded diplomatic language, strong undercurrents of suspicion remain.
Even though Muslim practice is strong in Africa, there is widespread incorporation of traditional African rituals in ceremonies like weddings and funerals.
But the insistence on orthodoxy is still sufficiently strong in China to remain the default defense against political critics.
Afghanistan poses particular difficulties in reconstruction, as it is not a society with a strong political center.
A Japanese prime minister can be strong without exploiting domestic resentment against the country's neighbors, and conservative, patriotic, and pro-American while forging a healthy working relationship with China.

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