Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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strong

UK /stɹɒŋ/ · US /stɹɔŋ/ adjective, noun, adverb, proper noun

Forms stronger strongest strang stronk

  1. adjective Capable of producing great physical force. “a big strong man; Jake was tall and strong”
  2. adjective Capable of withstanding great physical force. “a strong foundation; good strong shoes”
  3. adjective (loosely) Possessing power, might, or strength.
  4. adjective Determined; unyielding. “He is strong in the face of adversity.”
  5. adjective Highly stimulating to the senses. “a strong light; a strong taste”
  6. adjective Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor. “a strong smell”
  7. adjective Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient. “a strong cup of coffee; a strong medicine”
  8. adjective (specifically) Having a high alcoholic content. “a strong drink”
  9. noun (preceeded by "the") Strong people, collectively.
  10. adverb In a strong manner. “As a salesperson I always come on strong.”
  11. proper noun A surname.
  12. proper noun A minor city in Union County, Arkansas.
  13. proper noun A township in Chase County, Kansas.
  14. proper noun A town in Franklin County, Maine.
  15. proper noun An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi.
  16. proper noun A census-designated place in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
  17. proper noun A township and community therein, in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.

Synonyms

forceful powerful durable sturdy tough ardent zealous swith extreme intense rank concentrated potent hard impregnable inviolable secure unassailable unattackable forcefully stiff solid substantial warm firm

Antonyms

weak forceless fragile diluted impotent forcelessly powerlessly weakly

Etymology

From Middle English strong, strang, from Old English strang (“strong”), from Proto-West Germanic *strang (“severe, strict, rigorous, strong”), from Proto-Germanic *strangaz (“tight, strict, straight, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“taut, stiff, tight”).
Cognate with Scots strang (“strong”), West Frisian strang, string (“strict, harsh, severe, stern, stark, tough, strong, intense”), Dutch streng (“strict, severe, tight”), dialectal Dutch strang (“tight, strict, powerful, intense, mighty, strong”), German streng (“strict, severe, austere”), Danish and Norwegian streng (“strong, hard”), Norwegian strang (“strong, harsh, bitter”), Swedish sträng, strang (“severe, strict, harsh”), Faroese and Icelandic strangur (“strict”), Latin stringō (“tighten”). Related to strict and string.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.
  2. adjective Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health.

Etymology [AS. strang, strong; akin to D. & G. streng strict, rigorous, OHG. strengi strong, brave, harsh, Icel. strangr strong, severe, Dan. streng, Sw. sträng strict, severe. Cf. Strength, Stretch, String.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “strong”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “strong” (best matches first).

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