(~s, ~ing, strung)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
String is thin rope made of twisted threads, used for tying things together or tying up parcels.
He held out a small bag tied with ~.
...a shiny metallic coin on a ~.
N-VAR
2.
A ~ of things is a number of them on a piece of ~, thread, or wire.
She wore a ~ of pearls around her neck.
...a ~ of fairy lights.
N-COUNT: usu N of n
3.
A ~ of places or objects is a number of them that form a line.
The landscape is broken only by a ~ of villages...
A ~ of five rowing boats set out from the opposite bank.
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu N of n
4.
A ~ of similar events is a series of them that happen one after the other.
The incident was the latest in a ~ of attacks...
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu N of n
5.
The ~s on a musical instrument such as a violin or guitar are the thin pieces of wire or nylon stretched across it that make sounds when the instrument is played.
He went off to change a guitar ~.
...a twenty-one-~ harp.
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6.
The ~s are the section of an orchestra which consists of ~ed instruments played with a bow.
The ~s provided a melodic background to the passages played by the soloist...
There was a 20-member ~ section.
N-PLURAL: oft N n
7.
In computing, a ~ is a particular series of letters, numbers, symbols, or spaces, for example a word or phrase that you want to search for in a document.
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8.
If you ~ something somewhere, you hang it up between two or more objects.
He had strung a banner across the wall.
VERB: V n prep/adv
•
String up means the same as ~ .
People were ~ing up decorations on the fronts of their homes.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P
9.
see also highly strung , purse ~s , second ~ , strung out
10.
If something is offered to you with no ~s attached or with no ~s, it is offered without any special conditions.
Aid should be given to developing countries with no ~s attached.
...no-~s grants that last for five years.
PHRASE
11.
If you pull ~s, you use your influence with other people in order to get something done, often unfairly.
PHRASE: V inflects