"strong suit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: strong suits [plural]
Etymology: Referring to card games in which players may hold more or less of a given suit. Head templates: {{en-noun|head=(one's) strong suit}} (one's) strong suit (plural strong suits)
  1. (informal) A field in which, or task at which, one is quite capable. Tags: informal Synonyms: forte Translations (field in which one is quite capable): 優點 (Chinese Mandarin), 优点 (yōudiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 長處 (Chinese Mandarin), 长处 (chángchù) (Chinese Mandarin), 強項 (Chinese Mandarin), 强项 (qiángxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), stærke side (Danish), vahvuus (Finnish), point fort [masculine] (French), starke Seite [feminine] (German), Stärke [feminine] (German), erősség (Hungarian), erős oldal (Hungarian), forte (Portuguese), ponto forte (Portuguese), си́льная сторона́ (sílʹnaja storoná) [feminine] (Russian), punto fuerte [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-strong_suit-en-noun-sxRy5AHL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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  "etymology_text": "Referring to card games in which players may hold more or less of a given suit.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong suits",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "(one's) strong suit (plural strong suits)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        },
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "That area isn't my strong suit, but I can give it a shot."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A field in which, or task at which, one is quite capable."
      ],
      "id": "en-strong_suit-en-noun-sxRy5AHL",
      "links": [
        [
          "capable",
          "capable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A field in which, or task at which, one is quite capable."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "forte"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
          "word": "優點"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yōudiǎn",
          "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
          "word": "优点"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
          "word": "長處"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chángchù",
          "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
          "word": "长处"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
          "word": "強項"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qiángxiàng",
          "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
          "word": "强项"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
          "word": "stærke side"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
          "word": "vahvuus"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "point fort"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "starke Seite"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Stärke"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
          "word": "erősség"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
          "word": "erős oldal"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
          "word": "forte"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
          "word": "ponto forte"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sílʹnaja storoná",
          "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "си́льная сторона́"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "punto fuerte"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "strong suit"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Referring to card games in which players may hold more or less of a given suit.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong suits",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "(one's) strong suit"
      },
      "expansion": "(one's) strong suit (plural strong suits)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "That area isn't my strong suit, but I can give it a shot."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A field in which, or task at which, one is quite capable."
      ],
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        [
          "capable",
          "capable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A field in which, or task at which, one is quite capable."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "forte"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
      "word": "優點"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yōudiǎn",
      "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
      "word": "优点"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
      "word": "長處"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chángchù",
      "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
      "word": "长处"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
      "word": "強項"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiángxiàng",
      "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
      "word": "强项"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
      "word": "stærke side"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
      "word": "vahvuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "point fort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "starke Seite"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Stärke"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
      "word": "erősség"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
      "word": "erős oldal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
      "word": "forte"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
      "word": "ponto forte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sílʹnaja storoná",
      "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "си́льная сторона́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "field in which one is quite capable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "punto fuerte"
    }
  ],
  "word": "strong suit"
}

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