What does ROBUST mean?

Definitions for ROBUST
roʊˈbʌst, ˈroʊ bʌstro·bust

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. robustadjective

    sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction

    "a robust body"; "a robust perennial"

  2. full-bodied, racy, rich, robustadjective

    marked by richness and fullness of flavor

    "a rich ruby port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee"

  3. robustadjective

    strong enough to withstand or overcome intellectual challenges or adversity

    "the experiment yielded robust results"; "a robust faith"

  4. robustadjective

    rough and crude

    "a robust tale"

Wiktionary

  1. robustadjective

    Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health.

    He was a robust man of six feet four.

  2. robustadjective

    Violent; rough; rude.

  3. robustadjective

    Requiring strength or vigor; as, robust employment.

  4. robustadjective

    Sensible (of intellect etc.); straightforward, not given to or confused by uncertainty or subtlety;

  5. robustadjective

    Designed or evolved in such a way as to be resistant to total failure despite partial damage.

  6. robustadjective

    Resistant or impervious to failure regardless of user input or unexpected conditions.

  7. robustadjective

    Not greatly influenced by errors in assumptions about the distribution of sample errors.

  8. Etymology: From robustus, from robur, robus.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

ChatGPT

  1. robust

    Robust generally refers to the strength, health, or ability of something to withstand adverse conditions or rough handling. In a broader context, it can also refer to the capacity of a system or process to remain effective, reliable, or unimpeded, even under stress, change, or uncertainty. The term can be applied to various scenarios such as computer systems, statistical models, economy, etc., implying flexibility, resilience, and effectiveness under a range of conditions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Robustadjective

    evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health

  2. Robustadjective

    violent; rough; rude

  3. Robustadjective

    requiring strength or vigor; as, robust employment

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Robust

    rō-bust′, adj. of great strength or vigour: requiring strength: rude, rough.—adj. Robust′ious (Milt.), violent, rough.—adv. Robust′iously.—n. Robust′iousness.—adv. Robust′ly.—n. Robust′ness. [Fr.,—L. robustusrobur, oak.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. robust

    Said of a system that has demonstrated an ability to recover gracefully from the whole range of exceptional inputs and situations in a given environment. One step below bulletproof. Carries the additional connotation of elegance in addition to just careful attention to detail. Compare smart, oppose brittle.

Anagrams for ROBUST »

  1. brotus

  2. turbos

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ROBUST in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ROBUST in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of ROBUST in a Sentence

  1. Patricia Morris:

    There is no substitute today, no reproducible, robust and clinically relevant materials are otherwise available.

  2. Stephen Innes:

    If the market continues to trade off U.S. yields and diverging economic data between the U.S. and EU, it's hard to argue against the current direction in yields or the dollar, on the U.S. economic data front, the consumer remains the economy's backbone, and if this robust trend in the retail space continues to build, factor in a bit of wage growth pressure and the U.S. dollar will continue to move higher on the back of higher yields.

  3. Lindsey Graham:

    Any peace agreement which denies the U.S. a robust counter-terrorism capability in Afghanistan is not a peace deal, instead, it is paving the way for another attack on the American homeland and attacks against American interests around the world.

  4. Sam Runyon:

    A robust democratic process has never been more important to our country and Senator Manchin encourages every candidate who values public service to enter the race.

  5. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius:

    We want there to be an agreement, there's no doubt about that, (but) this agreement can only happen if it is robust and verifiable.

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