Meaning

3 senses

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To alienate; to estrange.

  2. (intransitive, obsolete)To be estranged or alienated.

  3. (intransitive, obsolete)To wonder; to be astonished at (something).

Examples

2412 sentences

  1. A strange feeling came over me.

    Мною опанувало дивне відчуття. — aandrusiak

    ruМеня охватило странное чувство. — bijin

    deEin eigenartiges Gefühl übermannte mich. — kroko

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  2. This is a very strange letter.

    То дуже дивний лист. — deniko

    ruЭто очень странное письмо. — las

    deDas ist ein sehr seltsamer Brief. — Wolf

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  3. A stranger came into the building.

    До будівлі зайшов незнайомець. — deniko

    ruВ здание вошел незнакомец. — sharptoothed

    deEin Fremder betrat das Gebäude. — MUIRIEL

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  4. I saw a strange woman there.

    Я бачив там дивну жінку. — deniko

    ruЯ видел там странную женщину. — Eldad

    deIch sah dort eine seltsame Frau. — jxan

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  5. They saw a strange animal there.

    Там вони бачили дивовижну тварину. — ChickenKiev

    ruОни видели там странное животное. — marafon

    deSie sahen dort ein seltsames Tier. — Alois

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Origin

From Middle English straunge, strange, stronge, from Old French estrange, from Latin extrā

From Middle English straunge, strange, stronge, from Old French estrange, from Latin extrāneus (“that which is on the outside”). Doublet of extraneous and estrange. Cognate with French étrange (“strange, foreign”) and Spanish extraño (“strange, foreign”). Largely displaced native fremd, selcouth, and uncouth, from Old English fremede, seldcūþ, and uncūþ.

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Forms

stranges, stranging, stranged, stranged
Base formstrange · to strange
3rd person singularstranges
Present participlestranging
Past simplestranged
Past participlestranged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystrange
he, she, itstranges

Past simpleLesson

all personsstranged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stranged
he, she, ithas stranged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill strange

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • is a strange
  • a little strange
  • something strange
  • kind of strange
  • a bit strange
  • heard a strange
  • strange noise
  • strange things
  • a strange noise
  • a very strange
  • had a strange
  • little strange

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
straitjacketstrandB2strandingstrangelyB1strangenessstrangerA2

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