strength
[strengkth, strength, strenth]
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noun
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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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There was awareness of self-strength, ability to do certain things to and with that environment.
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strength
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Word Origin for strength
Old English strengthu; related to Old High German strengida; see strong
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