strength

[ strengkth, strength, strenth ]

/ strɛŋkθ, strɛŋθ, strɛnθ /

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noun

the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power.

mental power, force, or vigor.

moral power, firmness, or courage.

power by reason of influence, authority, resources, numbers, etc.

number, as of personnel or ships in a force or body: a regiment with a strength of 3000.

effective force, potency, or cogency, as of inducements or arguments: the strength of his plea.

power of resisting force, strain, wear, etc.

vigor of action, language, feeling, etc.

the effective or essential properties characteristic of a beverage, chemical, or the like: The alcoholic strength of brandy far exceeds that of wine.

a particular proportion or concentration of these properties; intensity, as of light, color, sound, flavor, or odor: coffee of normal strength.

a positive or valuable attribute or quality: I was asked to list my strengths and weaknesses.

something or someone that gives one strength or is a source of power or encouragement; sustenance: The Bible was her strength and joy.

power to rise or remain firm in prices: Stocks continued to show strength.The pound declined in strength.

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9 potency.

10 brightness, loudness, vividness, pungency.

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Idioms about strength

on the strength of, on the basis of; relying on: He was accepted by the college on the strength of ardent personal recommendations.

Origin of strength

First recorded before 900; Middle English strengthe, Old English strengthu; see strong, -th¹

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4. Strength, power, force, might suggest capacity to do something. Strength is inherent capacity to manifest energy, to endure, and to resist. Power is capacity to do work and to act. Force is the exercise of power: One has the power to do something. He exerts force when he does it. He has sufficient strength to complete it. Might is power or strength in a great or overwhelming degree: the might of an army.

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self-strength, nounsu·per·strength, noun

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How to use strength in a sentence

We see detoxing as a path to transcendence, a symbol of modern urban virtue and self-transformation through abstinence.
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Stephanie Giorgio, a classical musician, credits The Class for helping her cope with anxiety, focus, fear, and self-doubt.
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For someone with anorexia, self-starvation makes them feel better.
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I went into the audition as Fericito, the Venezuelan percussionist, and then I did a self-defense expert.
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Morris searched for whatever strength was left in his malnourished body.
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The heat of drunkenness is the stumblingblock of the fool, lessening strength and causing wounds.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
The manifest annoyance of her household was thus easily accounted for, but he marveled at the strength of her bodyguard.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
Children's Ways|James Sully
At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
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British Dictionary definitions for strength

strength

/ (strɛŋθ) /

noun

the state or quality of being physically or mentally strong

the ability to withstand or exert great force, stress, or pressure

something that is regarded as being beneficial or a source of powertheir chief strength is technology

potency, as of a drink, drug, etc

power to convince; cogencythe strength of an argument

degree of intensity or concentration of colour, light, sound, flavour, etc

the full or part of the full complement as specifiedat full strength; below strength

finance firmness of or a rising tendency in prices, esp security prices

archaic, or poetic a stronghold or fortress

Australian and NZ informal the general idea, the main purposeto get the strength of something

from strength to strength with ever-increasing success

in strength in large numbers

on the strength of on the basis of or relying upon

Word Origin for strength

Old English strengthu; related to Old High German strengida; see strong

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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see brute force (strength); on the strength of; tower of strength.

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