robust C1 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ɹoʊˈbʌst/ UK /ɹəʊˈbʌst/ See IPA manual Freq #18311 Meanings 1 adj Strong and unlikely to fail or break. We need a robust system that can handle heavy traffic. 2 adj Strong and healthy. He was a robust man of six feet four. 3 adj Full and rich in flavor. She poured a glass of robust red wine. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · strong and unlikely to fail... sturdystrong 3 adj · full and rich in flavor. rich Word family Derived forms bias-robustheterokurtosis-robustheteroscedasticity-robustnonrobustrobustfulrobusticityrobustificationrobustifyrobustiousrobustityrobustizerobustly Related forms robusta Common collocations robust body Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Learned borrowing from Latin rōbustus. *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European rōbustus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # robust **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ɹoʊˈbʌst/ **IPA (UK):** /ɹəʊˈbʌst/ **Frequency rank:** 18311 ## Meanings 1. Strong and unlikely to fail or break. 2. Strong and healthy. 3. Full and rich in flavor. ## Examples - We need a robust system that can handle heavy traffic. - He was a robust man of six feet four. - She poured a glass of robust red wine. ## Derived Forms - bias-robust - heterokurtosis-robust - heteroscedasticity-robust - nonrobust - robustful - robusticity - robustification - robustify - robustious - robustity - robustize - robustly ## Related Forms - robusta ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *h₁rewdʰ- - Root: rōbustus ## Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin rōbustus. ## AI Etymology Robust is a learned borrowing from Latin rōbustus. In present-day use, it can mean strong and unlikely to fail or break, or strong and healthy. Related forms include robusta. Derived formations include bias-robust, heterokurtosis-robust, heteroscedasticity-robust, nonrobust, robustful. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown