📒 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).
📒 having great power
- Stay indoors in the middle of the day, when the sun is strongest.
- a strong wind
- a strong magnet/current
📒 having a powerful effect on the body or mind
- a strong drug
- His imagery made a strong impression on the critics.
📒 having a lot of power or influence
- a strong leader
- What the country needs right now is a strong government.
- The party lacks a strong enough local base.
📒 people who are rich or powerful
📒 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.
📒 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.
📒 very powerful
- strong support for the government
- People have strong feelings about this issue.
📒 holding an opinion or a belief very seriously
- 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 or smell; very great or intense
- a strong smell
- a strong feeling of nausea
- a strong voice (= loud)
📒 having a lot of taste
- strong cheese
- You'll need to use plenty of strong French mustard.
📒 containing a lot of a substance
📒 not easily broken or damaged; made well
- The box looks strong enough.
📒 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!
📒 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.
📒 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.
📒 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.
📒 in a safe financial position
- Their catering business remained strong despite the recession.
📒 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).
📒 great in number
- There was a strong police presence at the demonstration.
- Sales were surprisingly strong in the second half of the year.
📒 used after numbers to show the size of a group
- a 5 000-strong crowd
- The crowd was 5 000 strong.
📒 not easily affected by disease; healthy
- These vitamins are meant to keep you healthy and strong.
- I’m not feeling very well.
- Is he well enough to travel?
📒 having a lot of force, often causing offence to people
- The movie has been criticized for strong language (= swearing).
📒 forming the past tense and past participle by changing a vowel, not by adding a regular ending, for example sing, sang, sung
📒 used to describe the way some words are pronounced when they have stress. For example, the strong form of and is /ænd/.
📒 used to say that you think what somebody has said is unfair or too critical
📒 something that gives somebody an advantage over other people in a particular situation
📒 to be good at something
- I'm not very strong on dates (= I can't remember the dates of important events).
📒 to have a lot of something
- The report was strong on criticism, but short on practical suggestions.
📒 to be a subject that somebody knows a lot about
- I'm afraid geography is not my strong suit.
📒 to make your feelings clear in an aggressive way, especially your sexual feelings towards somebody
📒 to continue to be healthy, active or successful
- My grandmother is 90 and still going strong.
- The business is still going strong.
📒 to be able to see or do unpleasant things without feeling sick or upset
- You need a strong stomach to go on the giant roller coaster.