What does strike mean?
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What does strike mean? - The Free Dictionary
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strike - The Free Dictionary
(the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled)
(The teacher struck the child the opponent refused to strike The boxer struck the attacker dead)
(the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn)
(This child impressed me as unusually mature This behavior struck me as odd)
(The car hit a tree He struck the table with his elbow)
(he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame)
(The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939 We must strike the enemy's oil fields in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2)
(this pitcher throws more strikes than balls)
(The clock struck midnight Just when I entered, the clock struck)
(that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career that new Broadway show is a real smasher the party went with a bang)
(We were hit by really bad weather He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager The earthquake struck at midnight)
(The auto workers are striking for higher wages The employees walked out when their demand for better benefits was not met)
(Light fell on her face The sun shone on the fields The light struck the golden necklace A strange sound struck my ears)
(The horse finally struck a pace)
(The pianist strikes a middle C strike `z' on the keyboard her comments struck a sour note)
(strike an arc)
(the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb she struck a goldmine The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake)
(strike fire from the flintstone strike a match)
(Please strike this remark from the record scratch that remark)
(Panic struck me An interesting idea hit her A thought came to me The thought struck terror in our minds They were struck with fear)
(he hit his fist on the table she struck her head on the low ceiling)
(He assumes the lotus position She took her seat on the stage We took our seats in the orchestra She took up her position behind the tree strike a pose)
(strike coins strike a medal)
(strickle the grain in the measure)
(The bullet struck her thigh The icy wind struck through our coats)
(strike a balance strike a bargain)
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The first recorded dictionaries date back to Sumerian times around 2300 BCE, in the form of bilingual dictionaries, and the oldest surviving monolingual dictionaries are Chinese dictionaries c. 3rd century BCE. The first purely English alphabetical dictionary was A Table Alphabeticall, written in 1604, and monolingual dictionaries in other languages also began appearing in Europe at around this time. The systematic study of dictionaries as objects of scientific interest arose as a 20th-century enterprise, called lexicography, and largely initiated by Ladislav Zgusta. The birth of the new discipline was not without controversy, with the practical dictionary-makers being sometimes accused by others of having an "astonishing" lack of method and critical-self reflection.