transcription, транскрипция: [ streɪndʒ ]
( stranger, strangest)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Something that is strange is unusual or unexpected, and makes you feel slightly nervous or afraid.
Then a strange thing happened...
There was something strange about the flickering blue light...
It’s strange how things turn out.
= odd
ADJ : oft it v-link ADJ that / to-inf / how
• strange‧ly
She noticed he was acting strangely...
The hut suddenly seemed strangely silent.
ADV : ADV with v , ADV adj
• strange‧ness
...the breathy strangeness of the music.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
A strange place is one that you have never been to before. A strange person is someone that you have never met before.
I ended up alone in a strange city...
She was faced with a new job, in unfamiliar surroundings with strange people.
= unfamiliar
≠ familiar
ADJ : ADJ n
3.
see also stranger