STRANGER


Meaning of STRANGER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ streɪndʒə(r) ]

( strangers)

1.

A stranger is someone you have never met before.

Telling a complete stranger about your life is difficult...

Sometimes I feel like I’m living with a stranger.

N-COUNT

2.

If two people are strangers , they do not know each other.

The women knew nothing of the dead girl. They were strangers.

N-PLURAL

3.

If you are a stranger in a place, you do not know the place well.

‘You don’t know much about our town, do you?’—‘No, I’m a stranger here.’

≠ local

N-COUNT

4.

If you are a stranger to something, you have had no experience of it or do not understand it.

He is no stranger to controversy...

We were both strangers to diplomatic life.

N-COUNT : oft with brd-neg , N to n

5.

see also strange

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.