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/streɪndʒ/ 
| adjective | strange |
| comparative | stranger |
| superlative | strangest |
By a strange coincidence, we were both at the same hotel in Chicago last week.
It had been a very strange week.
It seemed strange that she would leave so early.
The strange thing is, I was the only one there.
For some strange reason, I thought she lived in New York.
She felt a strange tingling in the back of her neck.
I always feel strange in a large group of people.
This is the American English definition of strange. View British English definition of strange.
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using the Internet where you work, during working hours, for activities which are not work-related
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