strange


Definition: Meaning of, strange in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / streɪn(d)ʒ /

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strange stranger strangest
  1. unusual or surprising, especially in a way that is difficult to explain or understand [=  odd]
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  2. someone or something that is strange is not familiar because you have not seen or met them before
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  3. feel strange to feel as if something is slightly wrong or unusual, either physically or emotionally
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strange stranger strangest
[only after verb] [American English]
  1. in a way that is unusual or surprising
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strange used in phrases

  • strange attractor (noun)
    1. an attractor for which the approach to its final point in phase space is chaotic
  • strange particle (noun)
    1. an elementary particle with non-zero strangeness
  • strange quark (noun)
    1. a quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 988 times that of an electron and a strangeness of -1
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Pronunciation: ˈpɛnəns
Parts of Speech: noun
[countable usually singular, uncountable] something that you must do to show that you are sorry for something you have done wrong, especially in some religions