string

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Thin cord or rope used for tying things.

   She tied the package with a piece of string.

2. 2
   noun

   A series of similar things or events that follow one another.

   The team enjoyed a string of victories this season.

3. 3
   verb

   To put things onto a thread or string.

   She strung the beads to make a necklace.

4. 4
   noun

   A thin wire on a musical instrument that makes sound.

   He broke a string on his guitar during the concert.

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Simplified etymology

String is an Old English word from a Germanic root related to strong. In early use it could refer to a rope or cord of any thickness.

From Middle English string, streng, strynge, from Old English strenġ, from Proto-West Germanic *strangi, from Proto-Germanic *strangiz (“string”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“rope, cord, strand; to tighten”). Cognate with Scots string (“string”), Dutch streng (“cord, strand”), Low German strenge (“strand, cord, rope”), German Strang (“strand, cord, rope”), Danish streng (“string”), Swedish sträng (“string, cord, wire”), Icelandic strengur (“string”), Latvian stringt (“to be tight, wither”), Latin stringō (“to tighten”), Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to strangle”), from…

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