Definitions for strange
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Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. strange, unusual(adj)

   being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

   "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has"

2. strange, unknown(adj)

   not known before

   "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house"

3. foreign, strange(adj)

   relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world

   "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. strange(Verb)

   To be estranged or alienated.

   Etymology: from estrange, from extraneus, "that which is on the outside". Displaced native fremd, frempt (from fremede).

2. strange(Adjective)

   Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.

   He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.

   Etymology: from estrange, from extraneus, "that which is on the outside". Displaced native fremd, frempt (from fremede).

3. strange(Adjective)

   Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.

   I moved to a strange town when I was ten.

   Etymology: from estrange, from extraneus, "that which is on the outside". Displaced native fremd, frempt (from fremede).

4. strange(Adjective)

   Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.

   Etymology: from estrange, from extraneus, "that which is on the outside". Displaced native fremd, frempt (from fremede).

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Strange

   belonging to another country; foreign

2. Strange

   of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic

3. Strange

   not before known, heard, or seen; new

4. Strange

   not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer

5. Strange

   reserved; distant in deportment

6. Strange

   backward; slow

7. Strange

   not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced

8. Strange(adverb)

   strangely

9. Strange(verb)

   to alienate; to estrange

10. Strange(verb)

    to be estranged or alienated

11. Strange(verb)

    to wonder; to be astonished

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1. Strange

   Strange is a British television drama series, produced by the independent production company Big Bear Productions for the BBC, which aired on BBC One. It consists of a single one-hour pilot episode screened in March 2002, followed by a series of six one-hour episodes broadcast in the summer of 2003. The supernatural storyline involved a defrocked priest's mission to destroy demons.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Strange

   strānj, adj. foreign: belonging to another country: not formerly known, heard, or seen: not domestic: new: causing surprise or curiosity, marvellous: unusual, odd: estranged, reserved: unacquainted with, unversed: not lawfully belonging to one.—adv. Strange′ly.—ns. Strange′ness; Strān′ger, a foreigner: one from homed: one unknown or unacquainted: a guest or visitor: one not admitted to communion or fellowship: a popular premonition of the coming of a visitor by a bit of stalk in a cup of tea, guttering in a candle, &c.—Strange woman, a whore. [O. Fr. estrange (Fr. étrange)—L. extraneus—extra, beyond.]

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1. strange

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'strange' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1649

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'strange' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1560

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'strange' in Adjectives Frequency: #184

Anagrams for strange »

1. garnets

How to pronounce strange?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of strange in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of strange in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of strange in a Sentence

1. Welsh Proverb:

   Three things it is best to avoid a strange dog, a flood, and a man who thinks he is wise.

2. Goran Mansson:

   It is strange to be doing almost the same in Malmo that I was doing in Iraq.

3. Simon Pegg:

   We could have introduced a new gay character but he or she would have been primarily defined by their sexuality, seen as the ‘gay character,’ rather than simply for who they are and isn’t that tokenism? the audience would infer that there has been an LGBT presence in the Trek Universe from the beginning ... that a gay hero isn’t something new or strange.

4. Charlie Ball:

   There are so many strange coincidences, well, I don't believe in coincidences, I believe in miracles.

5. Sir Arthur Eddington, Space, Time, and Gravitation, 1920:

   We have found a strange footprint on the shores of the unknown. We have devised profound theories, one after another, to account for its origins. At last, we have succeeded in reconstructing the creature that made the footprint. And lo! It is our own.

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