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strange different from what usual, ordinary, or expected odd The first known use: in the 13th century |
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7 Letters, 1 Syllable |
strange |
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6 Phonemes |
s t r A n j |
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onset, rime |
str ange |
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Morpheme |
strange |
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Sentence Examples Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. That is one of the strangest creatures I have ever seen. He gave me a strange look. It's strange that nobody told me about this before. The strange thing is that nobody saw him enter or leave the building. Children are taught not to talk to strange people. The language was strange to me. |
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Related Words Sound the same but are spelled differently.
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Collocations The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.
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Neighborhood
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