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# robust

adjective (robust, more robust, most robust)

«robust» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Strong and healthy: a robust child. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robust/#m1)
2. Strongly made, not easy to break: a robust bike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robust/#m2)
3. Able to keep working well in many conditions: a robust plan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robust/#m3)
4. (of food or wine) Strong and full in flavour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robust/#m4)

### In the lessons

In design and technology a robust model or structure survives tests and knocks. In science and maths a robust method still works when data are messy. In everyday talk a robust person is sturdy and rarely ill.

### Examples

- This robust lunchbox won't crack if you drop it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robust/#x1)
- The bridge is a robust design. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robust/#x2)
- Grandad is still robust and walks every day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robust/#x3)
- We need a robust plan in case it rains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robust/#x4)
- The soup had a robust flavour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robust/#x5)
- A robust test works even with a few mistakes in the data. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robust/#x6)
- The lamp had first been hung up on that very evening that the watchman, then a robust young man, had entered upon the duties of his office. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robust/#x7)

### Note

Opposite: fragile, weak, delicate. Noun: robustness. Stress: roh-BUST (UK and US).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «robust» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robust/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«robust» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/robust.html) on Mova free.