strength

[ strengkth, strength, strenth ]
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noun
  1. the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power.

  2. mental power, force, or vigor.

  1. moral power, firmness, or courage.

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

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

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

  5. power of resisting force, strain, wear, etc.

  6. vigor of action, language, feeling, etc.

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

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

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

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

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

Idioms about strength

  1. 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

1
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.

Other words for strength

Other words from strength

  • self-strength, noun
  • su·per·strength, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for strength

strength

/ (strɛŋθ) /


noun
  1. the state or quality of being physically or mentally strong

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

  1. something that is regarded as being beneficial or a source of power: their chief strength is technology

  2. potency, as of a drink, drug, etc

  3. power to convince; cogency: the strength of an argument

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

  5. the full or part of the full complement as specified: at full strength; below strength

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

  7. archaic, or poetic a stronghold or fortress

  8. Australian and NZ informal the general idea, the main purpose: to get the strength of something

  9. from strength to strength with ever-increasing success

  10. in strength in large numbers

  11. on the strength of on the basis of or relying upon

Origin of strength

1
Old English strengthu; related to Old High German strengida; see strong

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Other Idioms and Phrases with strength

strength

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

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