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robust

adjective

1. strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous:
   a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
   Synonyms: sound, powerful
   Antonyms: feeble
2. strongly or stoutly built:
   his robust frame.
   Antonyms: weak
3. suited to or requiring bodily strength or endurance:
   robust exercise.
4. rough, rude, or boisterous:
   robust drinkers and dancers.
   Synonyms: rambunctious, coarse
5. the robust flavor of freshly brewed coffee.
6. strong and effective in all or most situations and conditions:
   The system requires robust passwords that contain at least one number or symbol.
   Our goal is to devise robust statistical methods.

/ ˈrəʊbʌst; rəʊˈbʌst /

adjective

1. strong in constitution; hardy; vigorous
2. a robust shelter
3. requiring or suited to physical strength
   a robust sport
4. (esp of wines) having a rich full-bodied flavour
5. (of thought, intellect, etc) straightforward and imbued with common sense

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Derived Forms

• roˈbustly, adverb

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Other Words From

• ro·bustly adverb
• ro·bustness noun
• unro·bust adjective
• unro·bustly adverb
• unro·bustness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of robust1

First recorded in

1540–50;

from Latin rōbustus “oaken, hard, strong,” equivalent to rōbus- (stem of rōbur “oak, strength”) + -tus, adjective suffix

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Word History and Origins

Origin of robust1

C16: from Latin rōbustus, from rōbur an oak, strength

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Example Sentences

In the wake of the report into the abuse by John Smyth, the church has said that it and its associated organisations must implement “robust safeguarding procedures …that are governed independently.”

The senior engineer from Fujitsu helped build the flawed Horizon system and provided expert evidence in several court cases testifying that the system was robust.

"There's no world in which you could have a robust environmental assessment that takes into account those downstream emissions and decide that those environmental impacts are acceptable," she told me.

The Christian nationalist turnout machine is much more robust, and it brings huge numbers of extremely reliable voters to the Republican side.

We have a very strong and robust N/A cocktail and beer program.