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strange
CEFRA1
/stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/
adjective
Türkçe translations
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Unusual or unfamiliar in a way that seems surprising.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailOutside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar.
Examples
It is strange that you should fail.
Sometimes he can be a strange guy.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- [ʃtɹeɪnd͡ʒ]
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsUnfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.
More examples
In contextA strange thing happened this morning.
He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.
I moved to a strange town when I was ten.
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Origin
adjective
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.