Strong vs. Wise
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Capable of producing great physical force.
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Capable of withstanding great physical force.
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(of water, wind, etc.) Having a lot of power.
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Determined; unyielding.
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Highly stimulating to the senses.
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Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
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Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
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(specifically) Having a high alcoholic content.
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(grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.
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(chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution.
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(military) Not easily subdued or taken.
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Impressive, good.
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Having a specified number of people or units.
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(of a disease or symptom) severe very bad or intense
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Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)
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(of an argument) Convincing.
Strongadverb
In a strong manner.
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Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.
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Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health.
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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.
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Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea.
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Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants.
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Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong.
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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.
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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.
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Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory.
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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.
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Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors.
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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.
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Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief.
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Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent.
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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.
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Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful.
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Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market.
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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.
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having strength or power greater than average or expected;
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used of syllables or musical beats
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not faint or feeble;
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having or wielding force or authority;
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having a strong physiological or chemical effect;
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able to withstand attack;
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of good quality and condition; solidly built;
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of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection;
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having a high alcoholic content;
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freshly made or left;
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strong and sure;
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having the power to move heavy weights or perform other physically demanding tasks
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able to perform a specified action well and powerfully
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exerting great force
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powerful and difficult to resist or defeat
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(of an argument or case) likely to succeed because of sound reasoning or convincing evidence
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powerfully affecting the mind, senses, or emotions
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(of language or actions) forceful and extreme, especially excessively or unacceptably so
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able to withstand force, pressure, or wear
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not easily affected by disease or hardship
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not easily disturbed, upset, or affected
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firmly held or established
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(of a market) having steadily high or rising prices.
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very intense
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(of something seen or heard) not soft or muted; clear or prominent
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(of food or its flavour) distinctive and pungent
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(of a solution or drink) containing a large proportion of a particular substance; concentrated
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(of an acid or base) fully ionized into cations and anions in solution; having (respectively) a very low or a very high pH.
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used after a number to indicate the size of a group
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denoting a class of verbs in Germanic languages that form the past tense and past participle by a change of vowel within the stem rather than by addition of a suffix (e.g. swim, swam, swum).
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relating to or denoting the strongest of the known kinds of force between particles, which acts between nucleons and other hadrons when closer than about 10⁻¹³ cm (so binding protons in a nucleus despite the repulsion due to their charge), and which conserves strangeness, parity, and isospin.
Wiseadjective
Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
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Disrespectful.
Wiseadjective
(colloquial) Aware, informed.
Wiseverb
To become wise.
Wiseverb
Usually with "up", to inform or learn.
Wiseverb
(dialectal) to instruct
Wiseverb
(dialectal) to advise; induce
Wiseverb
(dialectal) to show the way, guide
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(dialectal) to direct the course of, pilot
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(dialectal) to cause to turn
Wisenoun
(archaic) Way, manner, method.
Wiseadjective
Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.
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Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning and judging soundly concerning what is true or false, proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best means for accomplishing them; sagacious.
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Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination.
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Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty.
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Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination.
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Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion.
Wisenoun
a way of doing or being;
Wisenoun
United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)
Wisenoun
United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900)
Wiseadjective
having or prompted by wisdom or discernment;
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marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters;
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evidencing the possession of inside information
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able to take a broad view of negotiations between states
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carefully considered;
