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Definition of robust in English: robustadjectiverobuster, robustest rə(ʊ)ˈbʌst 1Strong and healthy; vigorous. the Caplan family are a robust lot Example sentencesExamples - A robust grandfather, once the bane of Hollywood screenwriting, regales his frail, fidgety grandson with horrible tales of the macabre and the supernatural.
- The two robust and muscular nudes on this sheet have also been interpreted as Leonardo's response to Michelangelo's depictions of the male nude.
- Losey's health, never robust, failed during the production of the film and he died in London on 22 June 1984.
- Mid-summer plantings of short-season tomato cultivars can provide vigorous, robust plants from which to harvest high-quality fruit.
- He starts out robust and powerful and full of vinegar, and becomes a man beaten down by tragedy.
- Further tests may reveal whether planting Neotyphodium-infected robust needlegrass along roadsides could discourage animals from grazing too close to roadways.
- Happily most employees are sufficiently robust to withstand the stress of a heavy workload.
- She is a pleasantly robust woman of modest means, patriotic in convictions, guileless in manner.
- Though he looks fit and robust, he says the results of all the wining and dining that go with his job are beginning to take their toll.
- Not only are the transgenic tomatoes richer in lycopene, they're also more robust and more solid compared to traditional tomatoes.
- Her body, once the robust athletic image of health, now requires a machine to keep it alive.
- Emaciated as a result of losing about 60 pounds via a calorie-depleted diet, he barely looks like his usual robust self.
- Some wheat farmers may be warming to the prospect of a new tool to help them grow more robust and profitable wheat, engineered to withstand herbicides.
- He doesn't prune it regularly, but still he must do enough cutting to get a tractor under the robust limbs.
- Less rugged and robust than debonair and sophisticated, he attracted modern, independent women who appreciated his flair.
- You could get the microbes from around a particularly robust tomato plant and spray that on next year's crop.
- He's a strapping, robust he-man living a life of seclusion with other retired adventurers in Kenya, who handily dispatches a group of assassins.
- One is a robust woman the artist has indicated is from the American Midwest and the other a diminutive man he has identified as a French legionnaire.
Synonyms strong, vigorous, sturdy, tough, powerful, powerfully built, solidly built, as strong as a horse/ox, muscular, sinewy, rugged, hardy, strapping, brawny, burly, husky healthy, fit, fighting fit, as fit as a fiddle/flea, bursting with health, hale and hearty, hale, hearty, lusty, in fine fettle, in good health, in good shape, in trim, in good trim, aerobicized, able-bodied British in rude health informal beefy, hunky North American informal buff US informal jacked dated stalwart literary thewy, stark - 1.1 (of an object) sturdy in construction.
Example sentencesExamples - He recommends new buildings should be more robust to deal with extreme weather events, such as hurricanes.
- An expanded colour palette brings this robust design classic up to date.
- Above ground, the treatment of robust metal castings, stainless-steel plate and floor finishes is more refined, to achieve a visible tactile quality in areas of immediate public contact.
- Detailing is refined but never precious, allowing the house to feel at once substantial and robust, light and refined.
- The robust steel and concrete construction and strong geometric forms of the two buildings reinforce their physical relationship.
- Playing with the values of bookmaking and book arts, he has produced a series of artists’ books robust enough to be handled by the public.
- To create an effective and healthy workplace, the administrative tower was designed as a robust loft.
- The wear and tear after twelve weeks of children running, jumping, and rarely standing still further supports Waterson's choice of robust construction elements, hazard signs and protective barriers.
- Gormley needed a functional, maintenance-free, robust building, with more space to work, and significantly, more space to think.
- Buildings are unassuming and robust - mainly simple steel-framed sheds with brick external walls - but they originally incorporated state of the art techniques for film production.
Synonyms durable, resilient, tough, hard-wearing, long-lasting, well made sturdy, strong, strongly made - 1.2 (of a system, organization, etc.) able to withstand or overcome adverse conditions.
the country's political system has continued to be robust in spite of its economic problems Example sentencesExamples - Currently, the butter market is robust and some companies are adding more fat to their butter.
- "You do not have a robust advertising economy now, " Diller said.
- The robust economy has resulted in more than seven million people worldwide now classed as high-net-worth individuals, with assets of $1 million or more.
- The driving force behind a robust industry is a strong demand for innovative new products.
- Dot-com fever and a robust economy had money pouring into the museum from longtime benefactors and new supporters alike.
- We need to help businesses make themselves more robust for the future.
- He adds that the move is justified by a ‘more receptive’ public looking for more upscale choices in today's robust economy.
- Fueled by a still reasonably robust economy, the trend in Williamsburg seems to have accelerated.
- This paradox was propelled and even aggravated by the ongoing tensions in China's foreign relations in the 1880s within a city whose economy was built on a robust international trade.
- Unsure of his choice at times, Vlad learns to live the imperfection of a robust capitalist society.
- Perhaps the biggest challenge in developing a robust and growing forage-finished program is the assurance of an equally distributed, year-round supply of slaughter cattle.
- The 30-year-old ‘photography as art’ market is robust, with record sales being recorded for the work of name photographers.
- Explosive growth in Nevada is fueling one of the most robust economies in the nation.
- ‘We are committed to ensuring that a robust U.S. surveillance program continues in this country,’ said Veneman.
- Speculative investors continue to eye the company's balance sheet which remains relatively robust.
- Their success is not representative, however, as silver constitutes only a tiny fraction of today's robust contemporary art market.
- 1.3 Uncompromising and forceful.
he took quite a robust view of my case Example sentencesExamples - We have had a very robust debate this afternoon, and I encourage that.
- He advocated theories existence that would be sufficiently robust to reveal the larger patterns of society and do justice to its intricacies and complexities.
- There will be even less robust debate and argument, as everybody runs scared of being accused of bullying.
- He claimed that they were not only able to be strong militarily, but they were able to be strong in robust debate.
2(of wine or food) strong and rich in flavour or smell. a robust mixture of fish, onions, capers and tomatoes Example sentencesExamples - Meeting the growing demand for robust cheeses relies on good milk, strong starters and quality flavors.
- They are encouraged by activity in the American foodservice arena, where easy availability of previously little known cheeses is fueling demand for more robust flavors.
- Flavors need to be developed to give a fuller, more robust and complete profile to overcome the lack of sugar.
- The specialty cheese segment has played well to consumer desires for foods with more robust and unique flavors.
- You're planning a dinner for eight important guests and want the perfect robust red to go with filet mignon.
Synonyms strong, full-bodied, flavourful, full-flavoured, flavoursome, full of flavour, rich rare sapid
Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin robustus 'firm and hard', from robus, earlier form of robur 'oak, strength'. corroborate from mid 16th century: If someone corroborates an account or story, the facts are strengthened. Corroborate was first recorded in the sense ‘make physically stronger’ from the Latin verb corroborare ‘strengthen’ from robur ‘strength’ source of robust (mid 16th century).
Rhymes adjust, august, bust, combust, crust, dust, encrust, entrust, gust, just, lust, mistrust, must, rust, thrust, trust, undiscussed Definition of robust in US English: robustadjective 1Strong and healthy; vigorous. the Caplans are a robust, healthy lot Example sentencesExamples - A robust grandfather, once the bane of Hollywood screenwriting, regales his frail, fidgety grandson with horrible tales of the macabre and the supernatural.
- One is a robust woman the artist has indicated is from the American Midwest and the other a diminutive man he has identified as a French legionnaire.
- Some wheat farmers may be warming to the prospect of a new tool to help them grow more robust and profitable wheat, engineered to withstand herbicides.
- Losey's health, never robust, failed during the production of the film and he died in London on 22 June 1984.
- She is a pleasantly robust woman of modest means, patriotic in convictions, guileless in manner.
- Happily most employees are sufficiently robust to withstand the stress of a heavy workload.
- He starts out robust and powerful and full of vinegar, and becomes a man beaten down by tragedy.
- He doesn't prune it regularly, but still he must do enough cutting to get a tractor under the robust limbs.
- Mid-summer plantings of short-season tomato cultivars can provide vigorous, robust plants from which to harvest high-quality fruit.
- Less rugged and robust than debonair and sophisticated, he attracted modern, independent women who appreciated his flair.
- The two robust and muscular nudes on this sheet have also been interpreted as Leonardo's response to Michelangelo's depictions of the male nude.
- You could get the microbes from around a particularly robust tomato plant and spray that on next year's crop.
- Emaciated as a result of losing about 60 pounds via a calorie-depleted diet, he barely looks like his usual robust self.
- He's a strapping, robust he-man living a life of seclusion with other retired adventurers in Kenya, who handily dispatches a group of assassins.
- Further tests may reveal whether planting Neotyphodium-infected robust needlegrass along roadsides could discourage animals from grazing too close to roadways.
- Her body, once the robust athletic image of health, now requires a machine to keep it alive.
- Not only are the transgenic tomatoes richer in lycopene, they're also more robust and more solid compared to traditional tomatoes.
- Though he looks fit and robust, he says the results of all the wining and dining that go with his job are beginning to take their toll.
Synonyms strong, vigorous, sturdy, tough, powerful, powerfully built, solidly built, as strong as a horse, as strong as a ox, muscular, sinewy, rugged, hardy, strapping, brawny, burly, husky - 1.1 (of an object) sturdy in construction.
Example sentencesExamples - He recommends new buildings should be more robust to deal with extreme weather events, such as hurricanes.
- The wear and tear after twelve weeks of children running, jumping, and rarely standing still further supports Waterson's choice of robust construction elements, hazard signs and protective barriers.
- Gormley needed a functional, maintenance-free, robust building, with more space to work, and significantly, more space to think.
- Buildings are unassuming and robust - mainly simple steel-framed sheds with brick external walls - but they originally incorporated state of the art techniques for film production.
- To create an effective and healthy workplace, the administrative tower was designed as a robust loft.
- An expanded colour palette brings this robust design classic up to date.
- Above ground, the treatment of robust metal castings, stainless-steel plate and floor finishes is more refined, to achieve a visible tactile quality in areas of immediate public contact.
- Detailing is refined but never precious, allowing the house to feel at once substantial and robust, light and refined.
- Playing with the values of bookmaking and book arts, he has produced a series of artists’ books robust enough to be handled by the public.
- The robust steel and concrete construction and strong geometric forms of the two buildings reinforce their physical relationship.
Synonyms durable, resilient, tough, hard-wearing, long-lasting, well made - 1.2 (of a process, system, organization, etc.) able to withstand or overcome adverse conditions.
California's robust property market Example sentencesExamples - Dot-com fever and a robust economy had money pouring into the museum from longtime benefactors and new supporters alike.
- The 30-year-old ‘photography as art’ market is robust, with record sales being recorded for the work of name photographers.
- He adds that the move is justified by a ‘more receptive’ public looking for more upscale choices in today's robust economy.
- ‘We are committed to ensuring that a robust U.S. surveillance program continues in this country,’ said Veneman.
- Fueled by a still reasonably robust economy, the trend in Williamsburg seems to have accelerated.
- Explosive growth in Nevada is fueling one of the most robust economies in the nation.
- The robust economy has resulted in more than seven million people worldwide now classed as high-net-worth individuals, with assets of $1 million or more.
- This paradox was propelled and even aggravated by the ongoing tensions in China's foreign relations in the 1880s within a city whose economy was built on a robust international trade.
- We need to help businesses make themselves more robust for the future.
- "You do not have a robust advertising economy now, " Diller said.
- Speculative investors continue to eye the company's balance sheet which remains relatively robust.
- Perhaps the biggest challenge in developing a robust and growing forage-finished program is the assurance of an equally distributed, year-round supply of slaughter cattle.
- Currently, the butter market is robust and some companies are adding more fat to their butter.
- Unsure of his choice at times, Vlad learns to live the imperfection of a robust capitalist society.
- The driving force behind a robust industry is a strong demand for innovative new products.
- Their success is not representative, however, as silver constitutes only a tiny fraction of today's robust contemporary art market.
- 1.3 Uncompromising and forceful.
he took quite a robust view of my case the country's decision to bow to UN pressure was preceded by a robust defense of its policies Example sentencesExamples - He claimed that they were not only able to be strong militarily, but they were able to be strong in robust debate.
- He advocated theories existence that would be sufficiently robust to reveal the larger patterns of society and do justice to its intricacies and complexities.
- There will be even less robust debate and argument, as everybody runs scared of being accused of bullying.
- We have had a very robust debate this afternoon, and I encourage that.
2(of wine or food) strong and rich in flavor or smell. Example sentencesExamples - The specialty cheese segment has played well to consumer desires for foods with more robust and unique flavors.
- You're planning a dinner for eight important guests and want the perfect robust red to go with filet mignon.
- They are encouraged by activity in the American foodservice arena, where easy availability of previously little known cheeses is fueling demand for more robust flavors.
- Meeting the growing demand for robust cheeses relies on good milk, strong starters and quality flavors.
- Flavors need to be developed to give a fuller, more robust and complete profile to overcome the lack of sugar.
Synonyms strong, full-bodied, flavourful, full-flavoured, flavoursome, full of flavour, rich
Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin robustus ‘firm and hard’, from robus, earlier form of robur ‘oak, strength’. |