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  • 11strike — strike1 [ straık ] (past tense and past participle struck [ strʌk ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 hit against ▸ 2 hit with hand, etc. ▸ 3 make violent attack ▸ 4 protest by not working ▸ 5 affect someone/something suddenly ▸ 6 when you think something ▸ 7 press …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 12strike — See exercise price See exercise price NYSE Euronext Glossary * * * ▪ I. strike strike 1 [straɪk] noun [countable] HUMAN RESOURCES a period of time during which a group of workers deliberately stop working because of a disagreement about pay,… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 13strike — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 industrial protest ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ short ▪ one day, two day, etc. ▪ 24 hour, 48 hour …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 14strike — 1 /straIk/ verb past tense and past participle struck /str k/ THINK/NOTICE 1 (transitive not in progressive) if a thought or idea strikes you, you suddenly realize that it is important, interesting, surprising, bad etc: The funny side of the… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15strike */*/*/ — I UK [straɪk] / US verb Word forms strike : present tense I/you/we/they strike he/she/it strikes present participle striking past tense struck UK [strʌk] / US past participle struck 1) [intransitive/transitive] formal to hit against, or to crash… …

    English dictionary

  • 16strike — I n. refusal to work 1) to call, go (out) on; organize a strike 2) to conduct, stage a strike 3) to avert; break (up); settle a strike 4) a buyers ; general; hunger; official (BE); rent; sit down; sympathy; token; unofficial (BE), wildcat strike… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 17strike — 01. The workers are on [strike] for higher wages. 02. Lightening [struck] a house in our neighborhood last night, starting a fire which destroyed two homes. 03. Her grandfather was killed when he was [struck] by a car while crossing the street.… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 18strike — {{11}}strike (n.) concentrated cessation of work by a body of employees, 1810, from verb meaning refuse to work to force an employer to meet demands (1768), from STRIKE (Cf. strike) (v.). Perhaps from notion of striking or downing one s tools, or …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 19strike — 1. verb /stɻaɪk/ a) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate. Please strike the last sentence. b) To hit. Strike the door sharply with your foot and see if it comes loose …

    Wiktionary

  • 20strike — [OE] Strike comes from a prehistoric Germanic base which denoted ‘touch lightly’ – a sense which survived into English (‘That good horse blessed he then, and lovingly struck its mane’, Sir Ferumbras 1380). The more violent modern sense ‘hit hard’ …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins