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The correct spelling is stranger.
How to pronounce stranger
/ˈstɹeɪndʒə/
adjectiveIPA: /ˈstɹeɪndʒə/
Say it like: Str-anj-er
The correct spelling is stranger. Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary. For example: "He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter."
Usage Examples
“He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.”
“I moved to a strange town when I was ten.”
“That gentleman is a stranger to me. Children are taught not to talk to strangers.”
Meanings
adjective
- 1.Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.
- 2.Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
- 3.Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
- 4.Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.
- 5.Belonging to another country; foreign.
noun
- 1.A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
- 2.An outsider or foreigner.
- 3.One not admitted to communion or fellowship.
- 4.A newcomer.
- 5.One who has not been seen for a long time.
verb
- 1.To estrange; to alienate.
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