string
See also strings
English
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English string, streng, strynge, from Old English streng (“string, cord, rope; tackle, rigging; ligament, ligature, sinew; line, lineage”), from Proto-Germanic *strangiz (“string”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“rope, cord, strand; to tighten”). Cognate with Scots string (“string”), Dutch streng (“cord, strand”), Low German strenge (“strand, cord, rope”), German Strang (“strand, cord, rope”), Danish streng (“string”), Swedish sträng (“string, cord, wire”), Icelandic strengur (“string”), Latvian stringt (“to be tight, wither”), Latin strangulō ("strangle, choke"; < Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangaloomai, “to strangle”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “halter”)), Ancient Greek στραγγός (strangós, “tied together, entangled, twisted”), Irish sreang (“string, wire”).
Noun
string (countable and uncountable; plural strings)
- (countable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- (uncountable) Such a structure considered as a substance.
- (countable) Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
- a violin string
- a bowstring
- (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive
- (countable) A series of items or events.
- a string of successes
- (countable, computing) An ordered sequence of symbols or characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
- (music, countable) A stringed instrument.
- (music, usually in plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
- (in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collecively. (cf. no strings attached)
- no strings attached
- (countable) (physics) the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics
- (slang) cannabis or marijuana
- A minigame of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:string
Derived terms
Synonyms
- (long, thin structure): cord, rope, line
- (this structure as a substance): cord, rope, twine
- (anything long and thin):
- (cohesive substance in the form of a string):
- (series of items or events): sequence, series
- (sequence of characters in computing):
- (stringed instruments): string section the strings, or the string section
- (conditions): conditions, provisos
Translations
long, thin structure made from twisted threads
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this structure as a substance
any similar long, thin and flexible object
cohesive substance in the form of a string
series of items or events
computing: sequence of characters
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stringed instrument — see stringed instrument
stringed instruments section
conditions
physics: subject of study in string theory
Verb
string (third-person singular simple present strings, present participle stringing, simple past and past participle strung)
- (transitive) To put (items) on a string.
- You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.
- (transitive) To put strings on (something).
- It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.
Synonyms
Translations
put on a string
put strings on
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Derived terms
External links
String on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
String in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Dutch
Etymology
From English string.
Noun
string m (plural strings, diminutive stringetje)
Synonyms
- (character string): tekenreeks