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considerable
English
Etymology
From consider +? -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?s?d???bl?/, /k?n?s?d??bl?/
- Hyphenation: con?sid?er?able, con?side?rable
Adjective
considerable (comparative more considerable, superlative most considerable)
- Significant; worth considering.
- Large in amount.
Antonyms
- ignorable
- negligible
Related terms
- consider
- considerably
Translations
Noun
considerable (plural considerables)
- (obsolete) A thing to be considered, consideration.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, 1650, Book I, Chapter 3, p. 9,[2]
- Statistes and Politicians, unto whom Ragione di Stato, is the first considerable, as though it were their businesse to deceive people, as a Maxime, do hold, that truth is to be concealed from them […]
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, 1650, Book I, Chapter 3, p. 9,[2]
Catalan
Etymology
From considerar +? -able.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /kon.si.d???a.bl?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kun.si.d???a.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kon.si.de??a.ble/
- Rhymes: -a?le
Adjective
considerable (masculine and feminine plural considerables)
- considerable (large, substantial)
- El mes de febrer de 1888, doncs, Eduard Toda ja ha reunit un fons bibliogràfic de valor considerable.
Derived terms
- considerablement
Further reading
- “considerable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “considerable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “considerable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “considerable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Etymology
From considerar +? -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konside??able/, [kõn.si.ð?e??a.??le]
Adjective
considerable (plural considerables)
- considerable (significant)
- Synonyms: notable, significativo
- considerable (large in amount)
Derived terms
- considerablemente
Further reading
- “considerable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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strong
English
Alternative forms
- strang (dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle English strong, strang, from Old English strong, strang (“strong, powerful, mighty, able; firm, constant, resolute, strenuous, hardy; hard, severe, fierce, stern, strict; bold, brave; valid, assured; effective, producing a great effect, potent; earnest; arduous, violent”), from Proto-Germanic *strangaz (“tight, strict, straight, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *streng?- (“taut, stiff, tight”). Cognate with Scots strang (“strong”), Saterland Frisian strang, West Frisian string (“austere, strict, harsh, severe, stern, stark, tough”), Dutch streng (“strict, severe, tight”), German streng (“strict, severe, austere”), Swedish sträng, strang (“severe, strict, harsh”), Norwegian strang (“strong, harsh, bitter”), Norwegian streng (“strong, hard”), Icelandic strangur (“strict”), Latin string? (“tighten”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: str?ng, IPA(key): /st???/, [st??????], [?t??????]
- (US) enPR: strông, IPA(key): /st???/, [st??????], [?t??????]
- (Canada, cot–caught merger) enPR: str?ng, IPA(key): /st???/, [st??????], [?t??????]
- Rhymes: -??
Adjective
strong (comparative stronger, superlative strongest)
- Capable of producing great physical force.
- Capable of withstanding great physical force.
- (of water, wind, etc.) Having a lot of power.
- Determined; unyielding.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp, chapter 10:
- It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp, chapter 10:
- Highly stimulating to the senses.
- Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
- Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
- (specifically) Having a high alcoholic content.
- She gets up, and pours herself a strong one. - Eagles, Lying Eyes
- (grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.
- (chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution.
- (military) Not easily subdued or taken.
- Having wealth or resources.
- (slang, US) Impressive, good.
- Having a specified number of people or units.
- (of a disease or symptom) Severe; very bad or intense.
- 2005, Andrew Gaeddert, Healing Immune Disorders: Natural Defense-Building Solutions, North Atlantic Books, page 221:
- Physicians may diagnosis influenza by a throat culture or blood test, which may be important if you have a particularly strong flu, if your doctor suspects pneumonia or a bacterial infection.
- 2005, Andrew Gaeddert, Healing Immune Disorders: Natural Defense-Building Solutions, North Atlantic Books, page 221:
- (mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)
- (of an argument) Convincing.
Synonyms
- (capable of producing great physical force): forceful, powerful, derf
- (capable of withstanding great physical force): durable, tough, sturdy
- (determined, unyielding): ardent, determined, swith, unyielding, zealous
- (highly stimulating to the senses): extreme, intense
- (having an offensive or intense odor or flavor): rank
- (having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient): concentrated, potent
- (having a high alcoholic content): hard
- (grammar: irregular): irregular
- (military: not easily subdued or taken): impregnable, inviolable, secure, unassailable, unattackable
Antonyms
- (capable of producing great physical force): forceless, weak
- (capable of withstanding great physical force): fragile
- (having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient): diluted, impotent, weak
- (grammar: irregular): regular, weak
- (chemistry: that completely ionizes): weak
- (military: not easily subdued or taken): weak
Hyponyms
- ultra-strong
Translations
See also
- strength
Adverb
strong (not comparable)
- In a strong manner.
Synonyms
- (in a strong manner): forcefully, powerfully, vigorously, strongly
Antonyms
- (in a strong manner): forcelessly, powerlessly, weakly
Translations
See also
- strong as an ox
- strong personality
- strong verb
Anagrams
- trongs
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English strang, form Proto-Germanic *strangaz.
Alternative forms
- stronge, stronke, stron, strange, straunge
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /str?n?/
Adjective
strong (plural and weak singular stronge, comparative strongere, superlative strongest)
- strong
Antonyms
- feble
- weyk
Descendants
- English: strong
- Scots: strang
- Yola: straung
References
- “strong, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From Old French estrange
Adjective
strong
- Alternative form of straunge
Swedish
Etymology
Through Swedish slang, based on English strong, since 1922. There is also a form strång with a different sense since 1640.
Adjective
strong (comparative strongare, superlative strongast)
- mentally and morally strong, courageous
Declension
Related terms
- strongt
References
- strong in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- strong in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Tok Pisin
Etymology
English strong
Adjective
strong
- Capable of producing great physical force; strong.
- Capable of withstanding great physical force; strong.
- Determined, unyielding.
See also
- strongim
- strongpela
Noun
strong
- Strength
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