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stern

The correct spelling is stern.

How to pronounce stern

/stɜːn/
adjective

IPA: /stɜːn/

Say it like: Ste-rn

The correct spelling is stern. Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.

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Meanings

adjective

  1. 1.Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
  2. 2.Grim and forbidding in appearance.

noun

  1. 1.The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel.
  2. 2.The post of management or direction.
  3. 3.The hinder part of anything.
  4. 4.The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
  5. 5.A bird, the black tern.

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