STERN
\stˈɜːn], \stˈɜːn], \s_t_ˈɜː_n]\
Definitions of STERN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"
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not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"
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United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
By Princeton University
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of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"
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not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"
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United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
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(nautical) pertaining to the after part of a vessel
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The black tern.
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Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree.
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The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder.
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The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow.
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Fig.: The post of management or direction.
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The hinder part of anything.
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The tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a dog.
By Oddity Software
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Severe or harsh in disposition or character; strict; proceeding from such a nature; hard; as, a stern command or look; firm; rigid; unyielding; as, stern discipline; forbidding; as, a stern, rocky coast.
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The after or rear part of a vessel.
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Sternly.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Sternly.
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Severe of countenance, manner, or feeling: austere: harsh: unrelenting: steadfast.
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The hindpart of a vessel.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
