Significado de strike em inglês

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struck | struck

strike verb (STOP WORK)

B2 [ I ]
to refuse to continue working because of an argument with an employer about working conditions, pay levels, or job losses:
Democratization has brought workers the right to strike and join a trade union.
We're striking for better pay and improved safety standards.
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strike verb (CAUSE SUFFERING)

C2 [ I or T ]
to cause a person or place to suffer severely from the effects of something very unpleasant that happens suddenly:
I have a life insurance policy that will take care of my family if disaster strikes.
The disease has struck the whole community, sometimes wiping out whole families.
They predict that a large earthquake will strike the west coast before the end of the decade.
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strike verb (HIT)

B1 [ I or T ]
to hit or attack someone or something forcefully or violently:
Her car went out of control and struck an oncoming vehicle.
The police have warned the public that the killer could strike again.
The autopsy revealed that his murderer had struck him on the head with an iron bar.
Have you ever been struck by lightning?
My golf was terrible today - I just didn't strike the ball well.
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to hit someone or something
  • hitShe was expelled for hitting another pupil.
  • whackShe whacked the water with her paddle.
  • bashThe swinging door bashed him in the face.
  • strikeShe had been struck on the head with a golf ball.
  • beatHe was cruel to his dog and beat it with a stick.
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B1 [ I or T ]
to kick a football, especially hard so that it travels a long distance :
Beckham struck the ball with precision.
[ I or T ]
When a clock strikes, its bells ring to show what the time is:
The clock was striking ten as we went into the church.
[ I ]
When a particular time strikes, a clock's bells ring to tell people what time it is:
Midnight had just struck when I went upstairs to bed.
C2 [ T ]
If you strike a match, you cause it to burn by rubbing it against a hard rough surface:
She struck a match and lit another cigarette.
He bent and struck a match on the sole of his boot.
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strike verb (REMOVE)

[ T usually + adv/prep ] formal
to remove something officially from a document:
Please strike my name from your mailing list immediately.
Several unreliable dealers have been struck off our list of authorized suppliers.
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strike verb (DISCOVER)

C2 [ T ]
to discover a supply of oil, gas, or gold underground:
The first person to strike oil in the US was Edwin Laurentine Drake.
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strike verb (AGREE)

[ T ]
to reach or make an agreement:
Do you think the government should try to strike a deal with the terrorists?
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strike verb (FEEL/THINK)

B2 [ T ]
to cause someone to have a feeling or idea about something:
Doesn't it strike you as odd that he never talks about his family?
I was immediately struck by the similarities between the two murders.
So how does my proposition strike you? (= What do you think of it?)
[ + (that) ] It strikes me (that) you'd be better off working for someone else.
B2 [ T ]
If a thought or idea strikes you, you suddenly think of it:
[ + that ] It's just struck me that I still owe you for the concert tickets.
Sitting at her desk, she was struck by the thought that there had to be something more to life.
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strike verb (MOVE BODY)

 strike a pose/attitude
to move your body into a particular position:
She may be 67, but she can still strike a sexy pose.
Bainbridge struck the pose of a fearless sea captain.
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strike verb (MAKE COINS)

[ T ]
to make a metal disc-shaped object such as a coin with a machine that quickly presses a picture into a piece of metal:
When was the first pound coin struck?
A special medal has been struck to celebrate the end of the war.
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strike verb (TENT)

to take down a tent or a number of tents:
When the troops had exhausted food and firewood, they struck their tents and moved on.
We struck camp next day and set off down the mountain.
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Idiomas

be struck dumb
strike a balance
strike a blow against/at sth
strike a blow for sth
strike a chord
strike a note
strike at the heart of sth
strike an attitude/attitudes
strike fear/terror into sb
strike gold
Mais expressões idiomáticas
strike home
strike it lucky
strike it rich
strike while the iron is hot
within striking distance

Verbos frasais

strike back
strike sb down
strike sth down
strike sb off (sth)
strike on/upon sth
strike out (somewhere)
strike out
strike (sb) out
strike out (at sb/sth)
strike sth out/through
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strike up (sth)
strike up sth
strike
noun [ C ]
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strike noun [C] (STOP WORK)

B2
a period of time when workers refuse to work because of an argument with an employer about working conditions, pay levels, or job losses:
After last year's long and bitter strike, few people want more industrial action.
They had to play three games with replacement players after the NFL Players Association called a strike.
Some miners were calling for a nationwide strike.
They have voted to stage lightning (= sudden and short) strikes in pursuit of their demands.
We've voted to stage a series of one-day strikes.
A wave of strikes swept the country.
Union leaders threatened strike action over the changes.
The result of the strike ballot will be known tomorrow morning.
 on strike (UK also out on strike)
taking part in a strike:
The city's bus drivers have been on strike for three weeks.
 go on strike
to start to strike:
All 2,500 employees went on strike in protest at the decision to close the factory.
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strike noun [C] (HIT)

a sudden and powerful hit or attack:
Lightning conductors protect buildings and tall structures from lightning strikes.
Ver também
strike force
a hard kick of a football, especially one that makes it travel a long distance:
Garner scored with a 30 -yard strike in the 89th minute.
a sudden, short military attack, especially one by aircraft or missiles:
The United Nations has authorized the use of air strikes.
The violence is unlikely to stop without military strikes against terrorist bases.
Would you support a nuclear strike to bring an end to a war?
We have no intention of launching a pre-emptive strike, but we will retaliate if provoked.
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strike noun [C] (DISCOVERY)

the discovery underground of a valuable substance:
The population and settlement of Colorado expanded after the gold strike of 1858.
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strike noun [C] (FAILURE)

(in baseball) a ball that has been thrown by the pitcher and not been hit successfully when it should have been:
A batter is out after three strikes.
US
a failure, mistake, or disadvantage:
California's "three strikes and you're out" bill means that from now on criminals found guilty of three crimes are jailed for life.
One strike against him as a candidate is his perceived lack of charisma.
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(Definição de strike do Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

strike | Dicionário Americano

strike
verb
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past tense and past participle struck us/strʌk/

strike verb (HIT)

[ I/T ]
to hit or physically attack someone or something:
[ T ] A car struck the man trying to cross a major highway.
[ T ] She was struck in the back of the head by a ball that was thrown across the field.
[ I/T ]
If you strike a match, you cause it to burn by rubbing it against a rough surface.

strike verb (CAUSE HARM)

[ I/T ] past participle stricken us/ˈstrɪk·ən/
to bring sudden harm, damage, or injury to a person or thing:
[ T ] It was a disease that struck mainly young people.
[ I ] Many public health officials fear that a similar flu virus will one day strike again.
[ T ] He was stricken with polio at the age of 13 and lost the use of his legs.

strike verb (STOP WORK)

[ I/T ]   social studies
to refuse to continue working because workers or their labor union (= employees’ organization) cannot come to an agreement with an employer over pay or other conditions of the job:
[ I ] Flight attendants are threatening to strike to get more flexible schedules.

strike verb (CAUSE AN IDEA)

[ T ]
to cause someone to have a feeling or idea about something:
From what you’ve said, it strikes me that you would be better off working for someone else.
I was struck by her sincerity.
[ T ]
To strike also means to suddenly cause someone to think of something:
I was immediately struck by the similarities in their appearance.

strike verb (DISCOVER)

[ T ]
to discover something such as oil, gas, gold, etc., underground at a particular place:
to strike gold/oil

strike verb (AGREE)

[ T ]
to agree to or achieve a solution:
My children and I have struck a deal – they can play any kind of music they want as long as I don’t hear it.
[ T ]
If you strike a balance between two things, you try to give an equal amount of attention or importance to each:
It’s a question of striking the right balance between quality and productivity.

strike verb (SHOW THE TIME)

[ I/T ]
(esp. of a clock) to make a sound or a series of sounds that show the time:
[ T ] The clock struck midnight.

Idiomas

strike a chord (with someone)
strike it rich

Verbos frasais

strike back
strike down something
strike out
strike out
strike out (someone)
strike out at someone/something
strike up something
strike up (something)
strike
noun
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strike noun (HIT)

[ C ]
a brief military attack:
air/military strikes

strike noun (REFUSAL TO WORK)

[ C/U ]
a period of time when workers refuse to continue working because they cannot come to an agreement with an employer:
[ U ] If the teachers go on strike again and close the schools down, I don’t know what I’ll do with the kids.
(Definição de strike do Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

strike | Inglês para Negócios

strike
noun [ C ]
  HR, WORKPLACE
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a period of time when a group of workers refuse to work because they are not satisfied with their pay, working conditions, etc.:
In a statement, the union said there were no plans for a strike.
a postal/rail workers'/miners' strike
a 24-hour/2-day, etc. strike
call for/call off/avoid a strike Managers sought to avoid a strike by cabin crew over sick leave rules.
a strike by sb Fresh moves to stop more strikes by council workers will be made this week.
a strike against sth 20% of the workforce has joined a strike against the privatization plans announced yesterday.
a strike begins/ends/goes ahead The strike will begin at 6 a.m. Oct. 31 and end 24 hours later.
 be on strike
if a group of workers are on strike, they refuse to work because they are not satisfied with their pay, working conditions, etc.:
Refuse collectors are on strike and rubbish is now piling up across the region.
 go (out) on strike (also come/walk out on strike)
if a group of workers go on strike, they stop working because they are not satisfied with their pay, working conditions, etc.:
Around 160 staff are due to go on strike next week in a row over pay.
 call/take/lead sb out on strike
if a trade union or official organization calls, takes, or leads a group of workers out on strike, it announces that they are stopping working because they are not satisfied with their pay, working conditions, etc.:
The Police Federation has refused to take its members out on strike.

Ver também

all-out strike
general strike
lightning strike
official strike
sit-down strike
sympathy strike
token strike
unofficial strike
wildcat strike
strike
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struck | struck
[ I ]   HR, WORKPLACE
if a group of workers strike, they refuse to work because they are not satisfied with their pay, working conditions, etc.:
Under current legislation, police and prison officers are not allowed to strike.
 strike a deal/agreement (with sb/sth)
[ T ]
to agree to do business with another person or company:
Takeover money has been deposited in a bank account, in expectation of striking a deal before tomorrow.
The media group yesterday released the details of an agreement that it had struck with dissident investors concerning the forthcoming shareholder vote.
 strike a balance (between sth and sth)
[ T ]
to find a way to satisfy two opposing demands or needs:
We have recruited younger members to the board in an effort to strike a balance between popular appeal and innovative experimentation.
 strike gold [ T ] informal
to do something that makes you very successful or rich, especially in a way that is unexpected:
After a slow start, the carmaker finally struck gold in the US.
 strike oil/gold
[ T ]   NATURAL RESOURCES
to find oil or gold under the surface of the earth:
The company announced it had struck oil at one of its wells in Siberia.

Verbos frasais

strike sb/sth off
strike out
strike sth out
(Definição de strike do Cambridge Dicionário de Inglês para Negócios © Cambridge University Press)

Exemplos de strike

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The way forward is more likely to lie in striking the right balance between the planners and the searchers.
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Fourth, the experience strikes us as ineffable, that is, though you experience it as possessing various qualities, the exact qualitative character escapes description in words.
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This zone is characterized by evidence for a succession of events that, taken together, suggest a history of continuing, repeated strike-slip.
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The instability of informal home-care over time is striking : only 34.9 per cent received informal home-care at both t0 and t1.
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A few of the chapters seem to strike out in such individual directions that their inclusion would be debatable.
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One striking aspect of the entire piece is the behaviour of the solo bass line.
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His intent focus on the singer's offstage poise suggests how much he has yet to learn about striking a pose and deflecting the gaze.
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And being real may well strike us as a substantial property.
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However, there are also striking similarities between shamanic practices and ceremonies across regions that have never encountered one another.
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States with significant labor movements (measured by numbers of strikes) were more resistant to liberalized incorporation law.
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Moreover, the high proportion of isolates resistant to kanamycin and nalidixic acid is striking.
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However, threats to personal safety, health, or life come in many different forms, for example, when a natural disaster strikes or during armed conflicts.
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The effect of the school strike against the socialist school by the parents was dramatic.
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This is in striking contrast to the familiar downstream growing boundary layer and downstream viscous wake existing when the fluid is homogeneous.
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A number of things struck me on going through these articles.
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strident
stridently
strife
strigose BETA
strike
strike (sb) out
strike a balance idiom
strike a blow against/at sth idiom
strike a blow for sth idiom
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