1 strong and healthy:
She was almost 90, but still very robust.
2 strong; able to survive being used a lot and not likely to break
SYNSTURDY:
a robust piece of equipment
3 (of a system or an organization) strong and not likely to fail or become weak:
robust economic growth
4 strong and full of determination; showing that you are sure about what you are doing or saying:
It was a typically robust performance by the Foreign Secretary. * The company is taking a more robust approach to management.
robustly adverb:
The furniture was robustly constructed. * They defended their policies robustly.
robustness noun [U]
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is robust a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, robust is tagged as adjective.
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