the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power; vigor.
mental power, force, or vigor.
moral power, firmness, or courage.
power by reason of influence, authority, resources, numbers, etc.
number, as of personnel or ships in a force or body: a regiment with a strength of 3000.
effective force, potency, or cogency, as of inducements or arguments: the strength of his plea.
power of resisting force, strain, wear, etc.
vigor of action, language, feeling, etc.
the effective or essential properties characteristic of a beverage, chemical, or the like: The alcoholic strength of brandy far exceeds that of wine.
a particular proportion or concentration of these properties; intensity, as of light, color, sound, flavor, or odor: coffee of normal strength.
something or someone that gives one strength or is a source of power or encouragement; sustenance: The Bible was her strength and joy.
power to rise or remain firm in prices: Stocks continued to show strength. The pound declined in strength.
Idioms for strength
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
before 900; Middle English strengthe,Old English strengthu;see strong, -th1
SYNONYMS FOR strength
9 potency.
10 brightness, loudness, vividness, pungency.
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synonym study for strength
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.
It’s not all just your beauty, it’s your power and strength and your voice.
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Philip Tetlock, in his book, Expert Political Judgement, helped me garner the strength required for an entrepreneurial journey.
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If they can blend that clear strength with a more consistent scoring attack, the Rockets can indeed win it all.
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Peloton is also preparing bootcamp training classes for its bikes, which are strength training video workouts currently available on the Tread and the Peloton mobile app, according to the people familiar with the matter.
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Heavy squats and deadlifts require immense core strength, but crucially they don’t require moving your abs.
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They are stories of persecution and triumph, adversity and strength.
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With twice as many British soldiers, Washington was in for a fiercely competitive battle of wit and strength.
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It does say something for the strength of this half-season, however, that Terminus feels so far away now.
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But Hollande was “insistent,” she writes, and “his strength of persuasion was nuclear.”
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War,” wrote Clausewitz, “is an extreme trial of strength and stamina.
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The moon is still figured as a bull, but it is the idea of strength that is extracted from the picture and dwelt upon.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria|Morris Jastrow
She prayed for strength to bear it, and resigned herself to Gods will.
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When the powers are not used along the line of their strength they become demoralized, weakened, deteriorated.
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Believe me, Hewitt, I have not strength even to mount, much less to sit a horse at present.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845|Various
It was sympathy Letty longed for, not strength, and therefore she was afraid of Mary.
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British Dictionary definitions for strength
strength
/ (strɛŋθ) /
noun
the state or quality of being physically or mentally strong
the ability to withstand or exert great force, stress, or pressure
something that is regarded as being beneficial or a source of powertheir chief strength is technology
potency, as of a drink, drug, etc
power to convince; cogencythe strength of an argument
degree of intensity or concentration of colour, light, sound, flavour, etc
the full or part of the full complement as specifiedat full strength; below strength
financefirmness of or a rising tendency in prices, esp security prices
archaic, orpoetica stronghold or fortress
Australian and NZinformalthe general idea, the main purposeto get the strength of something
from strength to strengthwith ever-increasing success
in strengthin large numbers
on the strength ofon the basis of or relying upon
Word Origin for strength
Old English strengthu; related to Old High German strengida; see strong