strength
Americannoun
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the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power.
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mental power, force, or vigor.
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moral power, firmness, or courage.
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power by reason of influence, authority, resources, numbers, etc.
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number, as of personnel or ships in a force or body.
a regiment with a strength of 3000.
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effective force, potency, or cogency, as of inducements or arguments.
the strength of his plea.
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power of resisting force, strain, wear, etc.
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vigor of action, language, feeling, etc.
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the effective or essential properties characteristic of a beverage, chemical, or the like.
The alcoholic strength of brandy far exceeds that of wine.
- Synonyms:
- potency
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a particular proportion or concentration of these properties; intensity, as of light, color, sound, flavor, or odor.
coffee of normal strength.
- Synonyms:
- pungency, vividness, loudness, brightness
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a positive or valuable attribute or quality.
I was asked to list my strengths and weaknesses.
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something or someone that gives one strength or is a source of power or encouragement; sustenance.
The Bible was her strength and joy.
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power to rise or remain firm in prices.
Stocks continued to show strength.
The pound declined in strength.
idioms
noun
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the state or quality of being physically or mentally strong
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the ability to withstand or exert great force, stress, or pressure
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something that is regarded as being beneficial or a source of power
their chief strength is technology
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potency, as of a drink, drug, etc
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power to convince; cogency
the strength of an argument
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degree of intensity or concentration of colour, light, sound, flavour, etc
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the full or part of the full complement as specified
at full strength
below strength
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finance firmness of or a rising tendency in prices, esp security prices
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archaic a stronghold or fortress
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informal the general idea, the main purpose
to get the strength of something
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with ever-increasing success
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in large numbers
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on the basis of or relying upon
Related Words
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 Word Forms
- self-strength noun
- superstrength noun
Etymology
Origin of strength
First recorded before 900; Middle English strengthe, Old English strengthu; strong, -th 1
Example Sentences
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“We live in a world, in the real world,” Miller told CNN in January, “that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” he said.
From Salon
But for Netflix, such a deal would have complicated the business model for a company that had already vaulted to a leading position in Hollywood on its strength as a streaming pure-play.
One of my mom group chats recently turned to strength training, and I copped to finally succumbing to peer pressure and buying weights on Amazon—5 pounders, to be exact.
As the backlash against touch screen and virtualized controls gathered strength in the past decade, Mazdas became increasingly valued for their friendlier and more familiar driver’s environment.
The dispute stems from what Wilson sees as a widening gap between lululemon’s creative engine and what he says is the board’s inability to translate the brand’s strengths into sustained success.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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