Слово англійською: strong

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having physical power

1. (of people, animals, etc.) having a lot of physical power so that you can lift heavy weights, do hard physical work, etc.
   • He's strong enough to lift a car!
   • strong muscles
   • She wasn't a strong swimmer (= she could not swim well).
2. (of a natural or physical force) having great power
   • Stay indoors in the middle of the day, when the sun is strongest.
   • a strong wind
   • a strong magnet/current
3. having a powerful effect on the body or mind
   • a strong drug
   • His imagery made a strong impression on the critics.

having power over people

4. having a lot of power or influence
   • a strong leader
   • What the country needs right now is a strong government.
5. the strong
   [plural] people who are rich or powerful

hard to resist/defeat/attack

6. (of an argument, evidence, etc.) difficult to attack or criticize
   • There is strong evidence of a link between exercise and a healthy heart.
   • You have a strong case for getting your job back.
7. very powerful and difficult for people to fight against or defeat
   • a strong team
   • The proposal aroused strong opposition.
   • The temptation to tell her everything was very strong.
   • He exerts an extremely strong influence on his classmates.

opinion/belief/feeling

8. (of an opinion, a belief, or a feeling) very powerful
   • strong support for the government
   • People have strong feelings about this issue.
9. [only before noun] (of a person) holding an opinion or a belief very seriously synonym firm
   • a strong supporter of the government
   • a strong opponent
   • She has long been one of the strongest advocates of sanctions.

easy to see/hear/feel/smell

10. easy to see, hear, feel or smell; very great or intense
    • a strong smell
    • a strong feeling of nausea
    • a strong voice (= loud)
    • strong colours
    • a face with strong features (= large and easy to notice)
    • She spoke with a strong Australian accent.
    • He was under strong pressure to resign.

food

11. having a lot of taste
    • strong cheese
    • You'll need to use plenty of strong French mustard.
    opposite mild (4)

drinks

12. containing a lot of a substance
    • strong black coffee

not easily broken

13. (of objects) not easily broken or damaged; made well
    • The box looks strong enough.

not easily upset

14. not easily upset or frightened; not easily influenced by other people
    • You need strong nerves to ride a bike in London.
    • Every child needs to develop a strong sense of identity.
    • It's difficult, I know. But be strong!
    • a strong personality
    • She’s had a strong will since she was a baby.
    • We must stand strong in the face of adversity.
    see also headstrong, strong-minded, strong-willed

likely to succeed

15. likely to succeed or happen
    • a strong candidate for the job
    • You're in a strong position to negotiate a deal.
    • There's a strong possibility that we'll lose the game.

difficult to destroy

16. having existed for a long time and functioning well; difficult to destroy
    • a strong marriage
    • The college has strong links with local industry.
    • I know that their relationship is growing stronger every day.

business

17. (of prices, an economy, etc.) having a value that is high or increasing
    • strong share prices
    • The country is currently experiencing particularly strong economic growth.
    • The euro is getting stronger against the dollar.
    • This news helped keep the dollar relatively strong today.
18. (of a business or an industry) in a safe financial position
    • Their catering business remained strong despite the recession.

good at something

19. good at something; done well
    • The play has a very strong cast.
    • The actors give extremely strong performances.
    • Mathematics was never my strong point (= I was never very good at it).

number

20. great in number
    • There was a strong police presence at the demonstration.
    • Sales were surprisingly strong in the second half of the year.
21. used after numbers to show the size of a group
    • a 5 000-strong crowd
    • The crowd was 5 000 strong.

healthy

22. (of a person) not easily affected by disease; healthy
    • These vitamins are meant to keep you healthy and strong.
    Synonyms wellwellall right ▪ OK ▪ fine ▪ healthy ▪ strong ▪ fitThese words all describe somebody who is not ill and is in good health.well [not usually before noun] (rather informal) in good health:

    • I’m not feeling very well.
    • Is he well enough to travel?

    Well is used especially to talk about your own health, to ask somebody about their health or to make a comment on it.all right [not before noun] (rather informal) not feeling ill; not injured:

    • Are you feeling all right?

    OK [not before noun] (informal) not feeling ill; not injured:

    • She says she’s OK now, and will be back at work tomorrow.

    all right or ok?These words are slightly less positive than the other words in this group. They are both used in spoken English to talk about not actually being ill or injured, rather than being positively in good health. Both are rather informal but OK is slightly more informal than all right.fine [not before noun] (not used in negative statements) (rather informal) completely well:

    • ‘How are you?’ ‘Fine, thanks.’

    Fine is used especially to talk about your health, especially when somebody asks you how you are. It is also used to talk about somebody’s health when you are talking to somebody else. Unlike well it is not often used to ask somebody about their health or make a comment on it: Are you keeping fine? healthy in good health and not likely to become ill:

    • Keep healthy by exercising regularly.

    strong in good health and not suffering from an illness:

    • After a few weeks she was feeling stronger.

    Strong is often used to talk about becoming healthy again after an illness.fit (especially British English) in good physical health, especially because you take regular physical exercise:

    • I go swimming every day in order to keep fit.

    Patterns

    • all right/​OK/​fit for something
    • all right/​OK/​fit to do something
    • to feel/​look well/​all right/​OK/​fine/​healthy/​strong/​fit
    • to keep (somebody) well/​healthy/​fit
    • perfectly well/​all right/​OK/​fine/​healthy/​fit
    • physically well/​healthy/​strong/​fit

words

23. (of words or language) having a lot of force, often causing offence to people
    • The movie has been criticized for strong language (= swearing).

grammar

24. [usually before noun] (of a verb) forming the past tense and past participle by changing a vowel, not by adding a regular ending, for example sing, sang, sung

phonetics

25. [usually before noun] used to describe the way some words are pronounced when they have stress. For example, the strong form of and is ænd.
opposite weak
Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German streng, also to string.