What does "strand" mean ?
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I've found a sentece " ... left them stranded on diverse planets". I wounder what does "strand" means because in vocabulary it doesn't make sens to me. That they used 2 times word that means "abandon/left".
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com/en/definition/strand : Leave (someone) without the means to move from somewhere.
- com/en/definition/strand : Leave (someone) without the means to move from somewhere.
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See https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/strand :
Leave (someone) without the means to move from somewhere.
0Xenon02 I wounder what does "strand" means
Delete the red part and remove the u in the second word.
0They were all part of an inteconnected empire. When the empire fell, they were no longer interconnected. Each group was left on its planet unable to communicate with the others or get to them. They were not abandoned by anyone, they found themselves stranded.
"To strand" can indeed mean to abandon, but this "stranded" is not the verb. It is an adjectival participle.
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