Meaning
1 senses(plural, plural only)Strong people, collectively.
Examples
2793 sentencesThe strong must help the weak.
Сильні повинні допомогати слабким. — deniko
ruСильный должен помогать слабому. — Hellerick
deDie Starken müssen den Schwachen helfen. — Wolf
Our baseball team is very strong.
Наша бейсбольна команда дуже сильна. — deniko
ruНаша бейсбольная команда очень сильна. — odexed
deUnsere Baseballmannschaft ist sehr stark. — Hans_Adler
My brother is small but strong.
Мій брат малий, але сильний. — deniko
ruМой брат маленький, но сильный. — odexed
He is strong as a horse.
Він сильний як кінь. — deniko
ruОн силён как бык. — Balamax
deEr ist so stark wie ein Pferd. — Esperantostern
He is stronger than I am.
Він сильніший, ніж я. — deniko
ruОн сильнее меня. — marafon
deEr hat mehr Kraft als ich. — MUIRIEL
Origin
From Middle English strong, strang, from Old English strang (“strong”), from Proto-West GeFrom Middle English strong, strang, from Old English strang (“strong”), from Proto-West Germanic *strang (“severe, strict, rigorous, strong”), from Proto-Germanic *strangaz (“tight, strict, straight, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“taut, stiff, tight”).
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Forms
plural: strongsCollocations
12 patterns- stronger stronger
- stronger stronger than
- strong enough to
- is stronger stronger
- strong enough
- is strong enough
- as strong as
- lot stronger stronger
- getting stronger stronger
- a very strong
- much stronger stronger
- is a strong