String Strɪŋ Key Things Piece Series Long People

• a piece/length/ball of string
• he wrapped the package in brown paper and tied it with string.
• the key is hanging on a string by the door.
• a string of pearls

string

1. long, thin material used for tying things together, made of several threads that have been twisted together; a piece of string used to fasten or pull something or keep something in place
• SEE ALSO drawstring
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/drawstring
• a piece/length/ball of string
• He wrapped the package in brown paper and tied it with string.
• The key is hanging on a string by the door.

Extra Examples

• He pulled the string tight.
• I cut a length of string to tie up the package.
• There's a knot in the string.
• Tie the string around the parcel.
• He wound the string into a ball.
2. a set or series of things that are joined together, for example on a string
• a string of pearls
• The molecules join together to form long strings.
3. a series of things or people that come closely one after another
• The band had a string of hits in the nineties.
• He owns a string of racing stables.

Extra Examples

• There's been a whole string of accidents at that corner.
• This is the latest in a string of scandals associated with the president.
• a tennis player with a long string of successes on grass courts
• After winning a string of elections, the party suddenly went into decline.
• He had a whole string of broken relationships in his past.
• The treatment is available in a string of clinics across the country.
• The company owns a string of casinos in Nevada.
4. a series of characters (= letters, numbers, etc.)
• to key in/enter a search string
5. a tightly stretched piece of wire, nylon, or catgut on a musical instrument, that produces a musical note when the instrument is played
• Play it on the G string.
6. the group of musical instruments in an orchestra that have strings, for example violins; the people who play them
• COMPARE brass
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/brass
• The opening theme is taken up by the strings.
7. any of the tightly stretched pieces of nylon or natural gut in a racket, used for hitting balls in tennis and some other sports
8. special conditions or limits
• Major loans like these always come with strings.
• It's a business proposition, pure and simple. No strings attached.
9. (too much under) the influence and control of somebody
• The British prime minister is too apt to cling to Washington's apron strings.
10. to have more than one skill or plan that you can use if you need to
• The exhibition shows that he has other strings to his artistic bow.
11. used to say that there is no definite answer to a question
• ‘How long will it take?’ ‘How long's a piece of string?’
12. to use your influence in order to get an advantage for somebody
13. to control events or the actions of other people

Word Origin

• Old English streng (noun), of Germanic origin; related to German Strang, also to strong. The verb (dating from late Middle English) is first recorded in the senses ‘arrange in a row’ and ‘fit with a string’.