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strange
What does strange mean?
strange (adjective): not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use strange in a sentence?
- He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce strange?
/stɹeɪndʒ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does strange come from?
From Middle English straunge, strange, stronge, from Old French estrange, from Latin extrāneus (“that which is on the outside”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of strange?
What are antonyms of strange?
Words related to strange
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “strange” mean?
no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives
Not quite: that's what extinct means.
not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation
Right! That's what “strange” means.
denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people
Not quite: that's what cultural means.
bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable
Not quite: that's what identical means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “strange”?
several
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general
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unusual
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outside
Not quite: outside means something else.
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