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- Dictionarystern/stəːn/
adjective
- 1. (of a person or their manner) serious and unrelenting, especially in the assertion of authority and exercise of discipline: "a smile transformed his stern face" Similar Opposite
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2 days ago · The abbreviation "IQ" was coined by the psychologist William Stern for the German term Intelligenzquotient, his term for a scoring method for intelligence tests at University of Breslau he advocated in a 1912 book.
2 days ago · Related phrases include bollocksed, which means either tired ("I'm bollocksed!") or broken beyond repair; bollocks up, meaning to mess up ("He really bollocksed that up"); and [a] bollocking, meaning a stern telling off.
3 days ago · The top words that other people have looked up recently: Clear and simple definitions in American English from Britannica's language experts. More usage examples than any other dictionary.
1 day ago · In astronomy, stellar classification is the classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. Electromagnetic radiation from the star is analyzed by splitting it with a prism or diffraction grating into a spectrum exhibiting the rainbow of colors interspersed with spectral lines. Each line indicates a particular chemical element ...
4 days ago · Former two-time Figure Olympia champion Erin Stern revealed three sneaky reasons individuals may not be reaching their fitness goals.
5 days ago · According to the American Psychological Association (APA), emotions are complex reactional patterns arising in an individual due to a significant event. The unique significance of the event determines the quality of the emotion.
5 days ago · Laurence Sterne - Novels, Satire, Humor: Sterne’s novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman was published in nine slim volumes (released in five installments) from 1759 to 1767. In it the narrator, Tristram, sets out to do the impossible—to tell the story of his life.
