strengthen
to make stronger; give strength to.
Phonetics. to change (a speech sound) to an articulation requiring more effort, as from fricative to stop or nongeminate to geminate.
to gain strength; grow stronger.
Origin of strengthen
1Other words for strengthen
Other words from strengthen
- strength·en·er, noun
- strength·en·ing·ly, adverb
- o·ver·strength·en, verb
- pre·strength·en, verb (used with object)
- re·strength·en, verb
- un·strength·ened, adjective
- un·strength·en·ing, adjective
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How to use strengthen in a sentence
In his new role, Alex will be leading the charge on Digiday’s Future of Work vertical and working with the rest of the sales team to build and strengthen our existing focus on how work and the workplace are changing.
Recent promotions announced at Digiday Media as the company focuses on growth | jim cooper | October 16, 2020 | DigidayWhile we believe that platforms need to continue to strengthen their vetting procedures for advertisers and ads, it is clear that this is not a problem advertising platforms can solve by themselves, as they themselves acknowledge.
Being who I am in Cuba has not helped me much in terms of being able to be recognized for my work, but being who I am has helped me to strengthen myself and to understand that I do not need the approval of any institution to continue creating.
A non-binary Cuban artist is born again in Spain | Yariel Valdés González | October 16, 2020 | Washington BladeHydrogen’s lightness also allows those guiding ripples to vibrate faster, further strengthening the glue that binds the Cooper pairs.
Room-Temperature Superconductivity Achieved for the First Time | Charlie Wood | October 14, 2020 | Quanta MagazineThe WFP both provides direct assistance and works to strengthen individual countries’ capacity to meet their people’s basic needs.
Nobel Peace Prize Spotlights The Links Between Hunger And Conflict | LGBTQ-Editor | October 10, 2020 | No Straight News
The emerging power dynamics in Yemen are undermining U.S. gains against Al Qaeda and strengthening ISIS.
Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster | Michael Shank , Casey Harrity | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPalmer also went on a small weight lifting program prescribed by one doctor and a general strengthening scheme devised by another.
Russia, he told listeners, is “strengthening our nuclear deterrence forces.”
"All along the undertow is strengthening its hold," Cuomo sang.
Remembering Weezer’s ‘The Blue Album,’ A Garage Rock Classic, on Its 20th Anniversary | Andrew Romano | May 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRe-evaluating the placement of products in exchanges is just one aspect of this holistic approach to strengthening values.
Gagging the Corps: A Marine Commandant’s War on Newsprint | David Abrams | February 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe strengthening firelight showed her small white face, amid the masses of her dark hair.
Marriage la mode | Mrs. Humphry WardII., chiefly by way of strengthening the authorities in the footnotes to which reference is made in the text.
The Influence and Development of English Gilds | Francis Aiden HibbertAll serious conflict involves evil, but it is also strengthening to the race.
The Inhumanity of Socialism | Edward F. AdamsWhen all had refreshed themselves with a glass of that strengthening cordial, a unanimous and solemn cry of "Viva l'Italia!"
Rule of the Monk | Giuseppe GaribaldiThis interval was passed in strengthening his mind against the horror of the almost positive death which stared him in the face.
Newton Forster | Captain Frederick Marryat
British Dictionary definitions for strengthen
/ (ˈstrɛŋθən) /
to make or become stronger
Derived forms of strengthen
- strengthener, noun
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