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stern - Dictionary definition and meaning for word stern
Definition
(noun) the rear part of a ship
Synonyms : after part , poop , quarter , tail
Definition
(noun) United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
Synonyms : isaac stern
Definition
(noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Synonyms : arse , ass , backside , behind , bottom , bum , buns , butt , buttocks , can , derriere , fanny , fundament , hind end , hindquarters , keister , nates , posterior , prat , rear , rear end , rump , seat , tail , tail end , tooshie , tush
Example Sentence
- he deserves a good kick in the butt
- are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
Definition
(adj) of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
Synonyms : austere
Example Sentence
- an austere expression
- a stern face
Definition
(adj) not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
Synonyms : grim , inexorable , relentless , unappeasable , unforgiving , unrelenting
Example Sentence
- grim determination
- grim necessity
- Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty
- relentless persecution
- the stern demands of parenthood
Definition
(adj) severe and unremitting in making demands
Synonyms : exacting , strict
Example Sentence
- an exacting instructor
- a stern disciplinarian
- strict standards
Definition
(adj) severely simple
Synonyms : austere , severe , stark
Example Sentence
- a stark interior

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for stern

stern is harsh condition.. think it as stern is like stem of a plant which is hard..so hard/harsh condition

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stern sounds like turn hence the meaning

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Issac Stern got from a judge a serious warning.

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Word used in video below:
text: Radio is dead, Steve. Stern is on SiriusXM now.

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