string

A thin, flexible cord used to tie or hold things together.

• Tie the bag with string.
• He cut a piece of string for the parcel.
• Have you got any string in that drawer?

Similar words: cord, twine

Common phrases: piece of string, ball of string, tie with string

A long, thin, flexible piece of material, such as a wire on a musical instrument.

• One guitar string broke.
• She tightened the strings before playing the violin.
• Pluck this string and listen to the sound.

Similar words: strand

Common phrases: guitar string, violin string, broken string, pluck a string

Several events or actions that happen one after another.

• A string of mistakes cost us the game.
• She enjoyed a long string of successes.
• Police are investigating a string of recent robberies.

How to use it: a string of something (The team suffered a string of defeats.)

Similar words: series, succession, sequence

Common phrases: string of successes, string of failures, string of victories, string of accidents

Several things joined or arranged together in a line.

• A string of lights hung above us.
• He bought two strings of sausages.
• She kept her grandmother's string of pearls in a box.

How to use it: a string of something (She wore a string of blue beads.)

Similar words: chain, row

Common phrases: string of beads, string of pearls, string of lights, string of sausages

A sequence of letters, numbers, or other written signs that a computer treats as one piece of text.

• The program stores your name as a string.
• An empty string contains no characters.
• These two strings have the same length.

Similar words: character sequence

Common phrases: text string, empty string, string length, search string

An instrument such as a violin that makes music with tight cords, often mentioned as part of a group.

• The strings began to play.
• This piece is written for strings and piano.
• The conductor asked the strings to play more quietly.

Similar words: stringed instrument

Common phrases: the strings, strings and brass, solo string

To hang or stretch something along or across a place, often using a cord.

• Let's string lights around the window.
• They strung flags across the street.
• Small bells had been strung between the branches.

How to use it: string something across something (They strung lights across the courtyard.); string something between A and B (We strung a rope between two trees.)

Similar words: hang, stretch

Common phrases: string up lights, string something across, string something between

To put beads or other objects onto a thin cord or thread.

• Let's string the beads together.
• He strung shells on a thread to make a necklace.
• She is stringing pearls for a bracelet.

How to use it: string something on/onto something (She strung colorful beads onto a thin cord.)

Similar words: thread

Common phrases: string beads, string pearls, string something together