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strength (streŋkt̸h, streŋt̸h; often strent̸h)

noun

  1. the state or quality of being strong; force; power; vigor
  2. the power to resist strain, stress, etc.; toughness; durability
  3. the power to resist attack; impregnability
  4. legal, moral, or intellectual force or effectiveness
    1. capacity for producing a reaction or effect
    2. potency or concentration, as of drugs, liquors, etc.
    3. great effectiveness or high potency
  6. intensity, as of sound, color, odor, etc.
  7. force as measured in numbers a battalion at full strength
  8. vigor or force of feeling or expression
  9. a source of strength or support
  10. a tendency to rise or remain firm in prices

Etymology: ME strengthe < OE strengthu < *strang-ithu: see strong & -th

strength Idioms

from strength to strength

from one accomplishment or peak to another, often in an increasing progression

on the strength of

based or relying on

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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