# stronger

Pronunciation: US say "STRAWNG-gur" /stɹɔŋɡɚ/; UK say "STRONG-guh" /stɹɒŋɡə/

## Adjective

1. Comparative of strong. — comparative form of strong: more strong
   - Simple: Comparative of strong. Use this to say something has more strength than another thing.
   - _The new climbing rope is noticeably stronger than the old one._
   - _After months of training, she felt stronger with every workout._
2. Better; more effective, convincing, or advantageous than something else compared.
   - Simple: Better, or more likely to work well or to win against others.
   - _The lawyer presented a stronger case to the jury than the prosecution had._
   - _After the merger, the company found itself in a stronger position in the market._
3. Of a proposition, entailing another proposition without being entailed by it.
   - Simple: Said of a statement that proves another statement, while that second statement does not prove the first.
   - _The hypothesis that the function is continuous everywhere is stronger than the claim that it is continuous at a single point._
   - _Proving the stronger theorem automatically establishes the weaker one it entails._

## Origin

The comparative form of "strong," coming from Middle English strongere, strengere and Old English strongra, strengra, from Proto-Germanic *strangizô, the comparative of *strangaz ("strong"); it is simply "strong" plus "-er."

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