ROBUST


Meaning of ROBUST in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

as

Nor indeed were many unmodified humans nearly as robust as the cadets had long since become.

Britten paints the sea in colors as robust as the authentic sets and costumes are gray and stony sepulchral.

Asquith made a speech of forty minutes which Benson described to himself as robust but dull, and which reads dully.

Credit derivatives are only as robust as the counterparty in the trade.

Mr Browning, she saw, was as robust as his wife was pitifully weak.

less

Is it possible, they asked, that nuclei from two-cell embryo are simply less robust than nuclei from zygotes?

Jet-age airliners are also less robust in the field.

more

Mozart's heroic brand of oratory is very different from Beethoven's much more robust variety.

Some of the more robust products offer specialized services for businesses, such as direct payroll deposit and cash concentration.

The new monument is more robust than the original and also far larger.

It differs from the preceding varieties by having a more robust growth.

Remember as well that a hardwood frame is much more robust than a softwood equivalent.

Her brother Alex, two years older and much more robust in temperament, was her bulwark against the world.

Although of very traditional design and similar in appearance to Nos. 1-35, they were of rather more robust construction.

It is more robust in form than many faces, which will help it withstand facsimile transmission.

most

This will flatten the stomach, not to mention all but the most robust of deckchairs.

It is the most robust variety, but readily grows above the water surface even in the aquarium.

At this time and prior to the fatal evening, Amy Robsart had enjoyed the most robust of health.

Yet the one to one correspondence between countries and currencies is one of the most robust regularities of monetary economics.

Compact Flash memory is about the most robust digital film.

very

It's easy to spawn and usually very robust .

The human race is also very robust .

These protectors are compatible with most cylinder mounting kits, very robust and economic in service.

The wider tape gives better quality reproduction and the machines are very robust - an important consideration for the classroom.

The shell is very robust , and inside there are very few, powerful hinge teeth.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

"I plead not guilty," Zhivkov stated in a robust voice.

He was a robust little boy, with curly dark hair.

Less robust persons might need a siesta, but Eva worked right through from dawn till dusk.

Mrs. Lutu is a robust , energetic mother of four.

Paul travelled north to visit his parents, who he found less robust than before.

Retail sales have been robust this year.

The chair was more robust than it looked.

Though he was over seventy, he was still robust and active.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Commendable to see such robust energy at work.

Compact Flash memory is about the most robust digital film.

He wore a tweed jacket over a dark blue turtle-necked jersey and he had a robust mod mustache.

In contrast this very basic technique is robust and computationally simple.

Life on Earth is enormously robust .

Liz had a more robust notion of the self, and took another line on the individual's place in the structure.

On the night the estimation within the political class was that Gore had consolidated a robust if narrow lead.

Use robust plants, rocks and bogwood, and include some floating plants for this surface swimmer.

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