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Uncommonstern
The correct spelling is stern.
How to pronounce stern
/stɜːn/
adjectiveIPA: /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.Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
- 2.Grim and forbidding in appearance.
noun
- 1.The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel.
- 2.The post of management or direction.
- 3.The hinder part of anything.
- 4.The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
- 5.A bird, the black tern.
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