- having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.
- accompanied or delivered by great physical, mechanical, etc., power or force: a strong handshake;With one strong blow the machine stamped out a fender.
- mentally powerful or vigorous: He may be old, but his mind is still strong.
- especially able, competent, or powerful in a specific field or respect: She's very strong in mathematics.He's weak at bat, but he's a strong fielder.
- of great moral power, firmness, or courage:strong under temptation.
- powerful in influence, authority, resources, or means of prevailing or succeeding: a strong nation.
- aggressive; willful: a strong personality.
- of great force, effectiveness, potency, or cogency; compelling: strong reasons;strong arguments.
- clear and firm; loud: He has a strong voice.
- solid or stable; healthy; thriving: The banker predicted a strong economy.
- well-supplied or rich in something specific: a strong hand in trumps.
- having powerful means to resist attack, assault, or aggression: a strong fortress;a strong defense.
- able to resist strain, force, wear, etc.: strong walls;strong cloth.
- decisively unyielding; firm or uncompromising: She has strong views about the United Nations. He has a strong sense of duty.
- fervent; zealous; thoroughgoing: He's a strong Democrat.
- strenuous or energetic; vigorous: strong efforts.
- moving or acting with force or vigor: strong winds.
- distinct or marked; vivid, as impressions, resemblance or contrast: He bears a strong resemblance to his grandfather.
- intense, as light or color.
- having a large proportion of the effective or essential properties or ingredients; concentrated: strong tea.
- (of a beverage or food) containing much alcohol: strong drink; The fruitcake was too strong.
- having a high degree of flavor or odor: strong cheese;strong perfume.
- having an unpleasant or offensive flavor or odor, especially in the process of decay: strong butter.
- of a designated number: Marines 20,000 strong.
- characterized by steady or advancing prices: The market resumed its strong pace after yesterday's setback.
- Grammar.
- (of Germanic verbs) having vowel change in the root in inflected forms, as the English verbs sing, sang, sung; ride, rode, ridden.
- (of Germanic nouns and adjectives) inflected with endings that are generally distinctive of case, number, and gender, as German alter Mann “old man.”
- belonging to the morphophonemically less regular of two inflectional subtypes.
- (of a word or syllable) stressed.
- having great magnifying or refractive power: a strong microscope.
- strongly.
- to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner: When you're interviewed for the job, don't come on too strong.
- involving or possessing physical or mental strength
- solid or robust in construction; not easily broken or injured
- having a resolute will or morally firm and incorruptible character
- intense in quality; not faint or feeble
- easily defensible; incontestable or formidable
- concentrated; not weak or diluted
- containing or having a specified number
- (in combination)
- having an unpleasantly powerful taste or smell
- having an extreme or drastic effect
- emphatic or immoderate
- convincing, effective, or cogent
- (of a colour) having a high degree of saturation or purity; being less saturated than a vivid colour but more so than a moderate colour; produced by a concentrated quantity of colouring agent
- grammar
- denoting or belonging to a class of verbs, in certain languages including the Germanic languages, whose conjugation shows vowel gradation, as sing, sang, sung
- belonging to any part-of-speech class, in any of various languages, whose inflections follow the less regular of two possible patterns
- (of a wind, current, etc) moving fast
- (of a syllable) accented or stressed
- (of an industry, market, currency, securities, etc) firm in price or characterized by firm or increasing prices
- (of certain acids and bases) producing high concentrations of hydrogen or hydroxide ions in aqueous solution
- prosperous; well-to-do (esp in the phrase a strong farmer)
- not to be prone to nausea
- in a strong way; effectively
- to make a forceful or exaggerated impression
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