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Meaning of stern

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

stern

Pronunciation:/stɜːn//stɝn/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.

  2. Grim and forbidding in appearance.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stern

stern

Pronunciation:/stɜːn//stɝn/

noun

Definitions

  1. The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel.

  2. The post of management or direction.

  3. The hinder part of anything.

  4. The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stern

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