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# strangeness

«strangeness» in Mova's school dictionary: **the quality of being odd, unusual or unlike what is normal** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Strangeness is the quality of being odd, unusual or unlike what is normal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strangeness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

the eerie or unnatural feel of a strange place, creature or task; in tales the strangeness of a magic thing frightens or puzzles the hero

### examples

- The strangeness of the empty house frightened them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strangeness/#x1)
- She noticed the strangeness of the old man's eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strangeness/#x2)
- They wondered at the strangeness of their task. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strangeness/#x3)
- The strangeness of the beast made the prince afraid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strangeness/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «strangeness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strangeness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.