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English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈstɹɛŋθ/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-strength.ogg


Etymology

strengþu.

Noun

  1. The quality of being strong.
  2. The intensity of a force or power; potency.
  3. The strongest part of something.


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Translations

ang:strength et:strength fr:strength io:strength id:strength it:strength kk:strength ku:strength hu:strength oc:strength pl:strength pt:strength ru:strength fi:strength ta:strength te:strength vi:strength tr:strength zh:strength

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Strength \Strength\, v. t.
To strengthen. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Strength \Strength\, n. [OE. strengthe, AS. streng[eth]u, fr.
strang strong. See Strong.]
1. The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to
bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether
physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as,
strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of
memory, or of judgment.
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All his [Samson's] strength in his hairs were.
--Chaucer.
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Thou must outlive
Thy youth, thy strength, thy beauty. --Milton.
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2. Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality
of bodies by which they endure the application of force
without breaking or yielding; -- in this sense opposed to
frangibility; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of
a wall, a rope, and the like. "The brittle strength of
bones." --Milton.
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3. Power of resisting attacks; impregnability. "Our castle's
strength will laugh a siege to scorn." --Shak.
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4. That quality which tends to secure results; effective
power in an institution or enactment; security; validity;
legal or moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the
strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of
law; the strength of public opinion; strength of evidence;
strength of argument.
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5. One who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or
affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which
confidence or reliance is based; support; security.
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God is our refuge and strength. --Ps. xlvi. 1.
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What they boded would be a mischief to us, you are
providing shall be one of our principal strengths.
--Sprat.
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Certainly there is not a greater strength against
temptation. --Jer. Taylor.
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6. Force as measured; amount, numbers, or power of any body,
as of an army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the
strength of the enemy by land, or by sea?
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7. Vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction; --
said of literary work.
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And praise the easy vigor of a life
Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join.
--Pope.
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8. Intensity; -- said of light or color.
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Bright Phoebus in his strength. --Shak.
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9. Intensity or degree of the distinguishing and essential
element; spirit; virtue; excellence; -- said of liquors,
solutions, etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids.
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10. A strong place; a stronghold. [Obs.] --Shak.
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On the strength of, or Upon the strength of, in reliance
upon. "The allies, after a successful summer, are too apt,
upon the strength of it, to neglect their preparations for
the ensuing campaign." --Addison.
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Syn: Force; robustness; toughness; hardness; stoutness;
brawniness; lustiness; firmness; puissance; support;
spirit; validity; authority. See Force.
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WordNet strength
n 1: the property of being physically or mentally strong;
"fatigue sapped his strength" [ant: weakness]
2: capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect
the capacity to fight a war; "we faced an army of great
strength"; "politicians have neglected our military
posture" [syn: military capability, military strength,
military posture, posture]
3: physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he
could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the
gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness
of a living man" [syn: force, forcefulness]
4: an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte"
[syn: forte, strong suit, long suit, metier, specialty,
speciality, strong point] [ant: weak point]
5: the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the
embracing of a point of view by means of argument or
entreaty; "the strength of his argument settled the
matter" [syn: persuasiveness] [ant: unpersuasiveness]
6: the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or
electromagnetic radiation); "he adjusted the intensity of
the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength"
[syn: intensity, intensity level]
7: capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical
effects; "the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the
drinks" [syn: potency, effectiveness]
8: the condition of financial success; "the strength of the
company's stock in recent weeks" [ant: weakness]
9: permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force;
"they advertised the durability of their products" [syn: lastingness,
durability, enduringness]
Moby Dictionary
ability , amount , amperage , ampleness , amplitude , aptitude , arm ,
armipotence , asset , authoritativeness , authority , backbone , beef ,
bite , bitingness , black power , body , boundlessness , brawn ,
brawniness , brute force , bulk , burden , charge , charisma , clout ,
cogence , cogency , cohesiveness , compulsion , concentration ,
concreteness , core , cuttingness , demonic energy , density ,
determination , dint , drive , durability , duress , dynamism , effect ,
effectiveness , effectuality , endurance , energy , enormity ,
enormousness , ergal , expanse , extent , firmness , fixity of purpose ,
flower power , force , force majeure , forcefulness , formidableness ,
fortitude , full blast , full force , fullness , gameness , gaminess ,
gift , gigantism , gist , grandeur , grandness , great scope , greatness ,
grit , guts , gutsiness , haleness , hardiness , hardness , healthiness ,
heartiness , high flavor , highness , hugeness , immensity ,
impressiveness , incisiveness , infinity , influence , infrangibility ,
intensity , intestinal fortitude , intrepidity , iron will ,
kinetic energy , largeness , lastingness , leatherlikeness , longevity ,
lustiness , magisterialness , magnitude , main force , main strength ,
mana , mass , materiality , matter , measure , measurement , meat , might ,
might and main , mightiness , moral courage , moral fiber , mordancy ,
moxie , muchness , muscle , muscle power , nerve , nervosity ,
nervousness , numbers , palpability , perseverance , persistence ,
pertinacity , pith , pizzazz , plenitude , pluck , poignancy ,
ponderability , poop , potence , potency , potential energy ,
potentiality , power , power pack , power structure , power struggle ,
powerfulness , prepotency , prodigiousness , productiveness ,
productivity , puissance , pull , punch , purport , push , quantity ,
quantum , rankness , reliability , resistance , resoluteness ,
resolution , robustness , ropiness , ruggedness , security , sense ,
sinew , sinewiness , solidity , soundness , spunk , stability ,
stableness , stamina , steadiness , steam , stiffness , stoutness ,
strength of mind , strength of purpose , strenuousness , stringiness ,
strong arm , strong language , strong point , strongness ,
stubbornness , stupendousness , sturdiness , substance ,
substantiality , substantialness , sum , sum and substance ,
superiority , superpower , talent , tangibility , tenaciousness ,
tenacity , toughness , tremendousness , trenchancy , unbreakability ,
unbreakableness , validity , vastness , vehemence , vigor ,
vigorousness , vim , virility , virtue , virulence , viscidity ,
vitality , wattage , weight , whole , will , will of iron , will power


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