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Synonyms for strait
streɪtstrait
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Princeton's WordNet
strait, soundnoun
a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
Synonyms:
sound, straits, phone, audio, auditory sensation, pass, speech soundpass, strait, straitsadjective
a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
Synonyms:
go, passing, notch, liberty chit, fling, walk, passing play, crack, laissez passer, mountain pass, pass, straits, bye, passing game, flip, passport, base on balls, toss, sound, whirl, qualifying, head, offerstraitadjective
narrow
"strait is the gate"
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
straitadjective
Synonyms:
narrow, close, contracted, constricted, not broad, not widestraitadjective
strait
Synonyms:
n. narrow pass (especially between two seas), gut, narrowsstrait
Synonyms:
distress, difficulty, perplexity, dilemma, embarrassment, pinch, exigency, emergency, critical situation
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
straitnoun
Synonyms:
narrows, channel, dilemma, difficulty, pinch, exigency, restriction
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#123 | go | |
#255 | phone | |
#612 | audio | |
#617 | offer | |
#692 | head | |
#735 | close | |
#803 | sound | |
#1193 | channel | |
#1320 | sea | |
#1493 | pass | |
#2065 | walk | |
#3854 | detroit | |
#3889 | narrow | |
#4224 | crack | |
#4462 | passing | |
#6597 | passport | |
#7139 | strict | |
#7356 | flip | |
#8526 | bye | |
#8962 | qualifying | |
#13044 | notch | |
#14243 | hai | |
#14318 | strait | |
#14874 | toss | |
#20617 | straits | |
#32886 | fling | |
#34730 | whirl | |
#38088 | hoi | |
#46982 | hae | |
#215923 | bungo |
How to use strait in a sentence?
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif:
We believe that Iran will continue to sell its oil, we will continue to find buyers for our oil and we will continue to use the Strait of Hormuz as a safe transit passage for the sale of our oil.
I am grateful that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have welcomed me in every corner of this continent that I have visited, and worked with me in providing local and national solutions.
What we care about is, once someone has come into power, how he or she handles the cross-strait relationship, whether he or she will maintain the peaceful development of cross-strait relations, whether he or she will recommit to the political foundation of cross-strait relations, the one China principle.
There is no reason to think the DPP will completely reject cross-strait agreements.
I sincerely hope relations across the Taiwan Strait continue to maintain their trend of peaceful development and that the results of this won't slip away now they have been achieved.
Translations for strait
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- مختنق, مضيقArabic
- průlivCzech
- strædeDanish
- Meerenge, Straße, EngeGerman
- στενόGreek
- markoloEsperanto
- paso, estrecho, aprietoSpanish
- väinEstonian
- تنگه, تنگناPersian
- kiipeli, salmiFinnish
- détroitFrench
- caolScottish Gaelic
- מיצר, צרהHebrew
- szorosHungarian
- selatIndonesian
- sundIcelandic
- stretto, strettaItalian
- קָשHebrew
- 海峡, 困難, 苦境, 難局Japanese
- ច្រកសមុទ្រKhmer
- 해협Korean
- selatMalay
- nauw, straatDutch
- strede, sund, kanal, streteNorwegian
- cieśninaPolish
- aperto, estreitoPortuguese
- проливRussian
- ڳچي سمنڊSindhi
- tjesnac, škripacSerbo-Croatian
- prielivSlovak
- జలసంధిTelugu
- kipotTagalog
- chật hẹpVietnamese
- 海峡Chinese
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