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Definition: Strong |
StrongAdjective1. Having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man". 2. Used of syllables. 3. Not faint or feeble; "a strong odor of burning rubber". 4. Having or wielding force or authority; "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons". 5. Having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea". 6. Able to withstand attack; "an impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable". 7. Of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings". 8. (grammar) of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection; "`go' is a strong verb". 9. Having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor". 10. : freshly made or left; "a warm trail"; "the scent is warm". 11. : strong and sure; "a firm grasp"; "gave a strong pull on the rope". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "strong" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Strong \Strong\, adjective. [Comparative Stronger; superlative Strongest.]. (references) |
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Food & Agriculture | Term applied to a wine with a high alcohol content. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Strong - as iron, as a horse, as brandy (See Similes .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A. Hard and thick; said of dikes b. Important or rich; said of veins c. Referring to the character of bind, meaning that the argillaceous material is largely mixed with the arenaceous or siliceous material. d. Scot. Hard, not easily broken, e.g., strong coal, strong blaes.e. Said of large or important mineral veins or faults. (references) |
Public Administration | JMA seismic intensity scale 4. Source: European Union. (references) |
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An argument is cogent if, and only if, supposing the premises all to be true, then the conclusion is probably (but not necessarily) true. (Exactly what "probably" means is a matter of considerable debate.)Suppose you have an argument in which the premises make the conclusion very probably true, but not necessarily true; it might still be a good argument. Such an argument we call cogent; cogency (that is the noun) is of central importance to inductive logic. Here, for example, is a cogent argument:
This appears to be a cogent argument. That means that if the two premises are true, then probably the conclusion is true; for all we know, the next marble might not be red, but it probably will be. Notice this: maybe there is no barrel, or maybe all of the marbles were blue; in that case, both premises of the above argument would be false. But that would not matter to the claim that this argument is cogent. If the argument is cogent, then supposing the premises to be true, the conclusion is probably true. Like validity, cogency is a conditional property.
- There is a barrel jammed full of ordinary marbles, of different colors.
- Without looking, Jill pulled out 100 marbles from various holes in the lid; 95 of the marbles Jill pulled out were red.
- Therefore, the next marble Jill pulls out, without looking, from another hole in the lid, will be red.
Also like validity, the cogency of an argument can be assessed by examining the form of the argument. Consider, for example, the form of the above argument. We might say it follows something like this pattern:
Nearly any argument that follows the above will be cogent. There are some complications that we are ignoring here; for example, suppose we were working with a deck containing 100 cards, and we know in advance that five of them are special cards called "jesters." All the other cards are called "royalty." Then, suppose it is true that 95% of drawn cards were royalty; in that case, the five cards that are left are jesters. In that case, the premise would lead one conclude that the next observed card will not be royalty--exactly the opposite of what the argument form would explain. Exactly what sort of complications are necessary are studied by inductive logic. We would need to mention background assumptions, random sample, having a large enough sample size, and so forth. So bear in mind that the argument form above is a simplification for purposes of illustration.
- 95% of observed F's were G.
- Therefore, probably, the next F observed will also be G.
Just as one adds true premises to a valid argument to get soundness, you can add true premises to a cogent argument to get a strong argument. We can define strength, for arguments, as follows:
An argument is strong if, and only if, the argument is cogent and all of its premises are true.
Similar things to what one says about soundness can be said about strength. If one knows an argument is strong, then one knows that, if the premises are true, then its conclusion is probably true.
See also inductive reasoning, explanation.
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Strength of materials is the study of strength and elastic behaviour of engineering materials. Strength is considered in terms of compressive strength, tensile strength, and shear strength.
Tensile stress is a loading that tends to produce stretching on a material by the application of axially directed pulling forces. Materials can withstand some tensile loading, but if enough force is applied, they will eventually break into two parts. Steel is an example of a material with high tensile strength.
Compressive strength is the capacity of a material to withstand axially directed pushing forces. When the limit of compressive strength is reached, materials are crushed. Concrete can be made to have high compressive strength.
Shear stress is caused when a force is applied to produce a sliding failure of a material along a plane that is parallel to the direction of the applied force.
Ultimate strength is an attribute directly related to a material, rather than just specific specimen of the material, and as such is quoted force per unit of cross section area (). For example, Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS) of mild steel is . It is useful to remember that .
Factor of Safety is a designed constraint that an engineered component or structure must achieve. FS = UTS/f. For example to achieve a factor of safety of 4, a the allowable stress on a mild steel component can be worked out as .
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An "irregular" inflection, in which the stem of a word changes. Opposite: weak
Examples
Strong verbs display ablaut.
- to take - took
- to come - came
Origin of the term
The term strong was coined with reference to the Germanic languages, but has since been used of some languages from other families whose inflections have similar characteristics.
"Strong" versus "irregular"
In the Germanic languages, a strong verb is one with an internal vowel change in the past or preterite tense. Strictly speaking, this is not the same thing as an irregular verb, since strong verbs follow certain patterns (more visible in the older Germanic languages that have larger numbers of them), and an irregular verb does not necessarily involve any vowel change (for example, "have" - "had" is irregular but not strong, while "ought" is defective, because it exists in only one tense).
Adjectives and nouns
A strong adjective or noun is defined according to the stem of the declension, and is not directly related to the notion of a strong verb; strong adjectives and nouns do not exist in modern English.
Cross-references
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In chemistry, a strong base is a compound with a very high pH value.See also: strong acid
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In mathematics, a cardinal number κ is called strong iff for all ordinal numbers λ there exists an elementary embedding j : V → M from V into a transitive inner model M with critical point κ and Vλ ⊆ M. κ is called λ-strong iff there exists an elementary embedding j : V → M from V into a transitive inner model M with critical point κ and Vλ ⊆ M; thus, κ is strong iff it is λ-strong for all λ.It should be noted that the least strong cardinal is larger than the least Woodin, superstrong, etc. cardinals, but that the consistency strength of strong cardinals is lower: For example, if κ is Woodin, then Vκ is a model of "ZFC + there is a proper class of strong cardinals".
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The strong nuclear force or strong interaction is a fundamental force of nature which affects only quarks, antiquarks, and gluons. This force is responsible for binding quarks together to form hadrons (including protons and neutrons), and the residual effects also bind these neutrons and protons together in the nucleus of the atom. See particle physics for an overview of the theory.
According to quantum chromodynamics, every quark carries color charge which comes in three types: "red", "green" and "blue". These are just names and not related to ordinary colors in any way. Antiquarks are either "anti-red", "anti-green" or "anti-blue". Like colors repel, unlike colors attract. The attraction between a color and its anti-color is especially strong. Particles can only exist if their total color is neutral, meaning that they can either be composed of a red, green and blue quark (such a particle is called a baryon; protons and neutrons are examples), or of a quark and an anti-quark having the corresponding anti-color (such a particle is called a meson).
The strong interaction acts between two quarks by exchanging particles called gluons. There are eight types of gluons, each carrying a color charge and an anti-color charge.
As pairs of quarks interact, they constantly change their color, but in such a way that the total color charge is conserved. If say a red quark is attracted to a green quark inside a baryon, a gluon carrying anti-green and red color is emitted from the red quark and absorbed by the green quark; as a result the first quark switches to green and the second to red (total color charge remains green + red). If a blue quark and a anti-blue antiquark interact inside a meson, a gluon carrying for example anti-red and blue could be emitted by the blue quark and absorbed by the anti-blue one; as a result the blue quark turns red and the anti-blue antiquark turns anti-red (total color charge remains 0). Two green quarks repel each other by exchanging a gluon carrying green and anti-green color; the quarks remain green.
Unlike the other fundamental forces, the strong interaction also acts on the strong exchange particles themselves, since gluons carry color charge. This leads to a very limited range of the strong interaction (not much farther than the hadron's radius) even though the gluon does not have mass. It also has the strange effect that the force gets stronger as the distance between the quarks increases. This effect prevents free quarks from being observed. As the distance between two quarks increases, the amount of energy in the force between them increases. If the force becomes strong enough, there is enough energy to create new quarks. This is the reason that one only sees quarks in pairs or triplets and never individually. The textbook allegory is that of a rubber band. When the rubber band is stretched far enough, the band breaks and you have two new rubber bands. Similar with quarks: separate the quark pair far enough, and two new quarks will pop up.
The phenomenon of not being able to separate quarks, is called confinement. It is conjectured as the quarks are moved really close, the quarks no longer interact via the strong interaction, and become `free' - this is called asymptotic freedom. The allegory of the rubber band holds here too. Move the ends of the band close together, and they do not `feel' each other.
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Strong is a city located in Union County, Arkansas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 651.Geography
Strong is located at 33°6'35" North, 92°21'30" West (33.109856, -92.358353)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.9 km² (1.1 mi²). 2.9 km² (1.1 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 651 people, 256 households, and 171 families residing in the city. The population density is 224.4/km² (581.3/mi²). There are 285 housing units at an average density of 98.2/km² (254.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 42.24% White, 53.61% Black or African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 3.07% from other races, and 0.77% from two or more races. 5.68% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 256 households out of which 29.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.5% are married couples living together, 23.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% are non-families. 30.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 14.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.54 and the average family size is 3.19. In the city the population is spread out with 29.8% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 22.6% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 77.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 75.1 males. The median income for a household in the city is $21,389, and the median income for a family is $26,023. Males have a median income of $25,750 versus $20,417 for females. The per capita income for the city is $10,802. 32.3% of the population and 24.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 47.5% are under the age of 18 and 22.6% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Strong, Arkansas."
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Strong is a town located in Franklin County, Maine. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,259.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 75.8 km² (29.3 mi²). 74.4 km² (28.7 mi²) of it is land and 1.4 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.88% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,259 people, 498 households, and 343 families residing in the town. The population density is 16.9/km² (43.8/mi²). There are 614 housing units at an average density of 8.3/km² (21.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 99.21% White, 0.16% African American, 0.32% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.08% from other races, and 0.16% from two or more races. 1.27% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 498 households out of which 30.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.2% are married couples living together, 9.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% are non-families. 23.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.49 and the average family size is 2.92. In the town the population is spread out with 25.3% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females there are 98.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 89.9 males. The median income for a household in the town is $30,568, and the median income for a family is $36,250. Males have a median income of $26,111 versus $18,636 for females. The per capita income for the town is $14,232. 15.3% of the population and 9.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 17.3% are under the age of 18 and 10.7% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Strong, Maine."
Synonyms: StrongSynonyms: accented (adj), firm (adj), hard (adj), heavy (adj), impregnable (adj), inviolable (adj), potent (adj), secure (adj), solid (adj), substantial (adj), unassailable (adj), unattackable (adj), warm (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: impotent (adj), weak (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Feeling | Warm, quick, lively, smart, strong, sharp, acute, cutting, piercing, incisive; keen, keen as a razor; trenchant, pungent, racy, piquant, poignant, caustic. |
Greatness | Adjective: great; greater; large, considerable, fair, above par; big, huge; (large in size); Herculean, cyclopean; ample; abundant; (enough) full, intense, strong, sound, passing, heavy, plenary, deep, high; signal, at its height, in the zenith. |
Pungency | Adjective: pungent, strong; high-, full-flavored; high-tasted, high-seasoned; gamy, sharp, stinging, rough, piquant, racy; biting, mordant; spicy; seasoned. Verb: hot, hot as pepper; peppery, vellicating, escharotic, meracious; acrid, acrimonious, bitter; rough. (sour); unsavory . |
Taste | Adjective: sapid, saporific; gustable, gustatory; gustful; strong, gamy; palatable . |
Tenacity | Adjective: tenacious, tough, strong, resisting, sequacious, stringy, gristly cartilaginous, leathery, coriaceous, tough as whitleather; stubborn. (obstinate). |
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Crosswords: Strong |
| English words defined with "strong": Strong conjugation, strong drink. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "strong": strong box, strong typing. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "strong": valor. (references) |
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Screenplays | Because of that, they will never be as strong or as fast as you can be. (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) Are you sure you're strong enough (On Golden Pond; writing credit: Ernest Thompson.) Ten thousand strong at least (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) In fact, I hear the bite reflex is so strong they have to pry the victims jaws open with a crow bar. (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont) I've a strong suspicion we should have been rocket scientists, or Nobel Peace Prize winners or something (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) | |
Lyrics | Are you strong enough to be my man (Strong Enough; performing artist: Sheryl Crow) You call me strong, you call me weak but still your secrets I will keep (Kryptonite; performing artist: 3 Doors Down) He feels the pain getting strong (Don't Turn Around; performing artist: Ace Of Base) Cause your love is so strong (Can't Stop; performing artist: After 7) Years we've been goin' strong (How Much I Feel; performing artist: Ambrosia) | |
Clever | Don't wait for six strong men to take you to church. (references; author: unknown) You can't strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. (references; author: unknown) Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors and miss. (references; author: unknown) Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go. (references; author: unknown) Eat your spinach and you'll grow up big and strong like Popeye. You'll also end up with a girlfriend that looks like Olive Oyl. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | Strict strong stringy Stephen Stretch slickly snared six sickly silky snakes. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Show Me a Strong Town and I'll Show You a Strong Bank (1966) Strong Is the Seed (1949) Christopher Strong (1933) The Strong Arm (1930) Strong and Willing (1930) | |
Song Titles | Only the Strong Survive (performing artist: Jerry Butler) Strong Enough (performing artist: Sheryl Crow) | |
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 | Radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies confirm that this patient's cutaneous t-cell lymph cancer involves the lymph nodes and skin. The antibodies collect in the cancerous lymph nodes of the armpits, neck and groin and a strong outline of the patient's body verifies skin involvement. The liver and spleen are darkened, too, because it is normal for these organs to collect the antibodies. See artwork: GA-17. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | The Hubble telescope has provided strong evidence for the existence of a roughly Jupiter-sized ... Credit: NASA. |
 | Oops!!! Buoy pulled under by strong currents under Golden Gate Bridge In spite of the best laid plans, sometimes things go awry Photo #1 of sequence. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Graphic of various combinations of strong and weak three-point fixes Hydrographic Manual. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Currents and Temperature - Atlantic waters enter the Mediterranean through the Straits of Gibraltar and flow east along the North African coast, becoming more saline as evaporation exceeds freshwater inflows. Thus, the Mediterranean is mor e saline than the Atlantic. Strong temperature, salinity, and available nutrien t gradients lead to high biodiversity reflected by regional faunal differences. Credit: Fisheries. |  | The F/V SANTA MARIA flies the U. S. flag and the Portuguese flag. There is a strong Portuguese heritage in the New England fisheries. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | A sign to commemorate the project sponsors. One of the attributes of this project was the strong community support. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Nassa Snail, Nassarius fraterculus, was introduced from Japan and occurs on muddy beaches near Padilla Bay. It may soon appear in other areas of Puget Sound. It is up to 1.3 cm long with strong radial ribs. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Navy divers assisting in the placement of used tires as an alternate reef material on the artificial reef site at Pokai Bay, Oahu. The tires did not stay in place because of the strong surge of the large Pacific swells at the site. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |  | A typical invertebrate grouping found on the interior roof of the pipes consisting primarily of bryozoa, tunicates and sponges over the top of oyster shells. Oysters could not survive long once the other fouling organisms covered them over. You can see the tan colonies of erect bryozoa, Reteporellina sp. These colonies disappeared after strong storm surges. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |
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| "I'm strong" by Ary Post Commentary: "Orang." | "Strong colors" by Lennart Jireland Commentary: "Flowers in my garden." |
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 | Happy shuffle style piece with a strong synthesized backbeat. | | A mid-low synthesized strong sound sustaining. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Homer | The persuasion of a friend is a strong thing. |
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller | The strong man is strongest when alone. |
| Even the weak become strong when they are united. | |
John Dryden | Thou strong seducer, Opportunity! |
Robert Browning | Good strong thick stupefying incense-smoke! |
Sophocles | In a just cause the weak will beat the strong. |
Victor Hugo | Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause. |
William Blake | The weak in courage is strong in cunning. |
William Shakespeare | Strong reasons make strong actions. |
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John Locke | 1690 | Those are so great, and so strong, in the case of promises, that omnipotency itself can be tied by them. (Second Treatise of Government) |
The Emancipation Proclamation | 1862 | "That the executive will on the 1st day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such States shall have participated shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State and the people thereof are not then in rebellion against the United States." (Abraham Lincoln) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | Again one cannot imagine a regenerated Europe without a strong France. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah--to "undo the heavy burdens [and] let the oppressed go free." And if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor, not a new balance of power, but a new world of law, where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved. (reference) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | I have a very strong notion that it comes from him. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | It put out its strong hand as it spoke, and clasped him gently by the arm. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | The framework of his nature, originally strong and massive, was not yet crumbled into ruin |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He had a strong resemblance to the portraits of the Abbe Delille |
Trainspotting | Irvine Welsh | Some tubes surround thenselves with psycho mates imagining that this makes them strong. less likely to get hurt by our cruel world, when obviously the reverse is true |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He had loose redbrown hair and tender shapely strong freckled hands |
Time Enough for Love | Robert Heinlein | Be wary of strong drink |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Our strong arms be our conscience, swords our law. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The front door hung open inward, and a low strong gate across the front door hung outward on leather hinges |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Sometimes a war is entered upon, because the enemy is too strong, and sometimes because he is too weak |
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Health | How strong the pain feels. (references) | |
Strong motivation can facilitate the treatment process. (references) | ||
This need can be as strong as the need for food or water. (references) | ||
Business | ACER, a Taiwanese brand also has a strong presence. (references) | |
Brazil is strong mainly in pipes and gas containers. (references) | ||
Price is a strong purchasing factor, and margins are lower. (references) | ||
Children | Sierra Leone | There did not appear to be a strong correspondence between ethnic or regional and political cleavages. (references) |
Maldives | The Ministry of Women's Affairs and Social Welfare has the authority to enforce this law, takes its responsibility seriously, and has received strong popular support for its efforts. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Mozambique | TV Mozambique (TVM) continued to demonstrate strong bias towards the Government. (references) |
Discrimination | Hong Kong | In August the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination recommended that "appropriate legislation be adopted to provide appropriate legal remedies and prohibit discrimination based on race, color, descent or national or ethnic origin." Meanwhile, press reports continued to identify examples of strong societal prejudice against minority groups including mainland Chinese migrants. (references) |
Economic History | Austria | Austria has a strong labor movement. (references) |
Belgium | This trend is due to the strong dollar. (references) | |
Human Rights | Niger | Police may conduct searches without warrants when they have strong suspicion that a house shelters criminals or stolen property. (references) |
Ecuador | The police court does not announce verdicts or punishments, reinforcing the strong impression that the police are immune from prosecution. (references) | |
Vietnam | The CPV has strong influence over high-profile cases, or in cases where a person is charged with challenging or harming the CPV or the State. (references) | |
Indigenous People | India | These integrative policies have been motivated partly by humanitarian concerns, although interest in commercial exploitation of virgin forests that are inhabited by tribal people is another strong factor behind these policies. (references) |
Bangladesh | The terms of the 1997 pact provided for a strong local government, consisting of mostly tribal representatives, including the chairperson; reduction of the military presence in the CHT region; and a substantial compensation package for displaced tribal families. (references) | |
Minorities | Burma | The conflict between the two groups has had strong religious overtones. (references) |
Political Economy | Kyrgyz Republic | Civil society is relatively strong. (references) |
Pakistan | Yet the lure of America is quite strong. (references) | |
Sweden | It is a proponent of a strong public sector. (references) | |
Political Rights | Cote d'Ivoire | The Constitution also continues the tradition of a strong presidency. (references) |
Uganda | Women continued to make strong contributions in Parliament and inside the Movement. (references) | |
Zimbabwe | In 1999 the CC released a draft constitution that would maintain a strong presidency. (references) | |
Trade | Argentina | Only with a strong justification can this time period be extended. (references) |
Luxembourg | This strong growth trend is expected to be reflected in 2001 statistics. (references) | |
Bulgaria | To offset that risk, it is necessary to develop a strong client relationship. (references) | |
Travel | Cape Verde | Strong northeast winds blow almost constantly. (references) |
Botswana | Conversation Gambits: Botswana is a rapidly urbanizing society with strong rural roots. (references) | |
Qatar | House rents have witnessed a sharp increase (30 percent) in 1996-98, due to strong demand from foreign oil/gas companies. (references) | |
Women | Ghana | Belief in witchcraft still is strong in many parts of the country. (references) |
Nepal | The dowry tradition is strong, with greater prevalence in the Terai region. (references) | |
Philippines | Church opposition to divorce is strong in this predominantly Roman Catholic nation. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Mexico | Rivalries within and between PRI-allied locals are strong. (references) |
Macedonia | Over 50 percent of the legal workforce is unionized, and unions are particularly strong in the garment industry. (references) | |
Pakistan | Strong social ties between employers and public officials at the local level further undercut the law's effectiveness. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally. |
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Bob Costas | Seattle is strong. Oakland has the pitching. If they get into the playoffs, they've always got a shot. The last two years they barely missed derailing the Yankees. |
Commerce Secretary Donald Evans | When it comes to the economic security of this country, the domestic security of this country, national security of this country, the president speaks. But he's got a strong team of economic advisers around him that he counts on and relies on. |
Elizabeth Taylor | I did a kind of mental mantra saying, I am strong, I am strong, I am strong, I am brave, I am brave, I am brave, I am brave. |
House Ways & Means Chairman Bill Thomas | There could be selective ones, as we did with the stimulus package, to help business. Consumer demand seems to be holding pretty strong. |
James Dobson | We are very flawed individuals. I want to tell you my prayer for myself is that I will finish strong and not make one of those stupid mistakes that will embarrass the cause of Christ. That's my passion. |
Jerry Lewis | Now, I raise it to the volume until the pain is gone. I lower it because sometimes it's a little strong. I turn it on here, I turn it off there, and it also opens my garage, which is wonderful. |
Lynne Cheney | The federal government has a strong Sunshine Law as well. And that's what Mrs. Clinton ran afoul of. She brought in people from the outside, treated them as government employees to have meetings. So that was the problem. |
Priscilla Presley | Very strong. He's his own person. Very secure. Very solid. He's very understanding. And it's been good for me. It's the only relationship that I've had that's really, you know, been that solid. |
Rush Limbaugh | Clinton and Gore lied about how strong the country was! |
Tony Blair | Well, I think it's very strong. In fact, I think it's remarkably strong, and you can see that from the pledge by Germany today, for example, of troops, by the fact that the French president was there with President Bush in solidarity today in Washington. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Our basic policy in the Far East is to encourage the development of a strong, independent, united, and democratic China. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | There must be law, steadily invoked and respected by all nations, for without law, the world promises only such meager justice as the pity of the strong upon the weak. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | For our monetary and financial position remains exceedingly strong. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Tonight I can tell you that we are strong enough to keep all of our commitments. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Let us go forward from here confident in hope, strong in our faith in one another, sustained by our faith in God who created us, and striving always to serve His purpose. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | We are a great country, a strong country, a vital and dynamic country, and so we will remain. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Today America is strong and democracy is everywhere on the move. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Where we reconcile the needs of a clean environment and a strong economy. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Today, Social Security is strong. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Pakistan is now cracking down on terror, and I admire the strong leadership of President Musharraf. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Strong" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.59% of the time. "Strong" is used about 16,109 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.59% | 15,881 | 587 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.4% | 226 | 20,021 |
| Total | 100.00% | 16,109 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "strong" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Strong | Last name | 18,000 | 651 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "strong". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Andreas | N/A | Ancient Greek | A strong man |
| Ander | N/A | Basque | A strong man |
| Allon | N/A | Biblical | Strong |
| Amasai | N/A | Biblical | Strong |
| Amoz | N/A | Biblical | Strong |
| Amzi | N/A | Biblical | Strong |
| Andrew | N/A | Biblical | A strong man |
| Azaz | N/A | Biblical | Strong one |
| Azgad | N/A | Biblical | A strong army |
| Azmaveth | N/A | Biblical | Strong death |
| Elijah | N/A | Biblical | The strong Lord |
| Elim | N/A | Biblical | The strong |
| Elon | N/A | Biblical | Strong |
| Eshtaol | N/A | Biblical | A strong woman |
| Ethan | N/A | Biblical | Strong |
| Ethanim | N/A | Biblical | Strong |
| Ethni | N/A | Biblical | Strong |
| Gaza | N/A | Biblical | Strong |
| Geber | N/A | Biblical | Strong |
| Gibbar | N/A | Biblical | Strong |
| Helkath-hazzurim | N/A | Biblical | The field of strong men |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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1. Strong, AR (city, FIPS 67370) 2. Strong, ME |
Expressions using "strong": be strong ♦ be strong for ♦ bear a strong resemblance to ♦ become strong ♦ being strong ♦ by a strong arm ♦ go strong ♦ going strong ♦ grow strong ♦ have a strong constitution ♦ have strong influence ♦ have strong patron ♦ he is going strong ♦ hot and strong ♦ lash into strong language ♦ make strong ♦ nor the battle to the strong ♦ not one's strong point ♦ one's strong point ♦ patent strong yarn ♦ person of strong character ♦ pitch it strong ♦ rather strong ♦ seize a strong point ♦ strong and healty ♦ strong argument ♦ strong arm ♦ strong beer ♦ strong belief ♦ strong box ♦ strong breeze ♦ strong case ♦ strong chest ♦ Strong City ♦ strong conjugation ♦ strong currency ♦ strong drink ♦ strong drinks ♦ strong force ♦ strong gale ♦ strong hand ♦ strong interaction ♦ strong language ♦ strong man ♦ strong measure ♦ strong measures ♦ strong point ♦ strong point facing west ♦ strong position ♦ strong prices ♦ strong proof ♦ strong room ♦ strong suit ♦ strong taste ♦ strong typing ♦ strong verb ♦ strong wind ♦ take strong measures against smb. ♦ that is coming it rather strong ♦ too strong ♦ very strong ♦ wax strong ♦ with a strong hand. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "strong": strong-amplitude, strong-arm, strong-arm man, strong-armed, strong-armer, strong-arming, strong-bodied, strong-boned, strong-box, Strong-campbell, strong-charactered, strong-coloured, strong-featured, strong-finishing, strong-flavoured, strong-growing, strong-handed, strong-headed, strong-hold, strong-i, strong-it, strong-limbed, strong-loam, strong-lookin', strong-looking, strong-lunged, strong-man, strong-minded, Strong-mindedness, strong-motion, strong-muscled, strong-necked, strong-points, strong-room, strong-rooms, strong-running, strong-shouldered, strong-smellin', strong-smelling, strong-sounding, strong-stomached, strong-stressed, strong-tasting, strong-thread, strong-toothed, Strong-water, strong-weak, strong-willed, strong-wise. | |
Ending with "strong": eight-strong, extra-strong, five-strong, four-strong, hundred-strong, million-strong, nine-strong, semi-strong, seven-strong, six-strong, ten-strong, thirty-strong, three-strong, twelve-strong. | |
Containing "strong": all-strong-form, medium-strong beer, weak-strong-weak. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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