Strong can describe anything with firmness or power. You could have a strong will and resist the distractions of the internet while writing a paper all day, or your paper could have a strong argument, convincing your reader of your wisdom.
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strong and sure; "a firm grasp"; "gave a strong pull on the rope"
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freshly made or left; "a warm trail"; "the scent is warm"
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having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor"
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not faint or feeble; "a strong odor of burning rubber"
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having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea"
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having or wielding force or authority; "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons"
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of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection; "`sing'' is a strong verb"
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of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings"
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used of syllables or musical beats
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having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man"
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able to withstand attack; "an impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable"
superl.
Having active physical power, or great physical power
to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.
superl.
Having passive physical power; having ability to bear
or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong
health.
superl.
Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to
withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or
taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town.
superl.
Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a
strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea.
superl.
Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong
house, or company of merchants.
superl.
Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to
strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong.
superl.
Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible;
impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong
from the northeast; a strong tide.
superl.
Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the
mind or imagination; striking or superior of the kind; powerful;
forcible; cogent; as, a strong argument; strong reasons; strong
evidence; a strong example; strong language.
superl.
Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a
strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory.
superl.
Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a
particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture;
a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee.
superl.
Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of
alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors.
superl.
Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light,
colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent.
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Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat.
superl.
Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or
altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief.
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Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent.
superl.
Having great force, vigor, power, or the like, as the
mind, intellect, or any faculty; as, a man of a strong mind, memory,
judgment, or imagination.
superl.
Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful.
superl.
Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market.
superl.
Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its
preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root vowel, and the past
participle (usually) by the addition of -en (with or without a change
of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven; break,
broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or regular. See
Weak.
superl.
Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain
the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems
have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the
stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are
irregular.
Usage Examples
A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people but a strong people can alone build up a great nation.
A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, cutting away the dead things men tell us to revere.
A large part of my life revolves around my dad. Sometimes, I even feel a strong sense of connection, something very tangible when I learn something new in the martial arts.
A friend said to me, 'Be glad for your troubles - they strengthen you.' Well, if that's the truth, I'm going to be so strong they'll have to beat me to death!
A black agenda is jobs, jobs, jobs, quality education, investment in infrastructure and strong democratic regulation of corporations. The black agenda, at its best, looks at America from the vantage point of the least of these and asks what's best for all.
A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
A loving family provides the foundation children need to succeed, and strong families with a man and a woman - bonded together for life - always have been, and always will be, the key to such families.
'Days' has always been strong as an icon in TV history, and it's still going on strong and represents the genre of daytime drama so well. I'm proud to be a part of it.
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Other Usage ExamplesA strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.
A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime.
A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.
A free economy is as essential to society as democratic political institutions. A strong market-based economy is the fertile ground for democratic freedoms that we think are important.
A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
A lot of guys have muscles. A lot of strong men in this world. I think it's important to show that even under all this strength there's a fragile side, a side that can be affected.
A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
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