Strength meaning
The capacity to resist attack; impregnability.
The strength of the ship's armor.
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The state or quality of being strong; physical power or capacity.
The strength needed to lift a box.
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The ability to deal with difficult situations or to maintain a moral or intellectual position.
Does he have the strength to overcome such a tragedy?
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Toughness or durability.The ability to withstand force, pressure, strain, or stress. See bend radius, break strength, flex strength, mechanical strength, strength member, and tensile strength.
Effective or binding force; efficacy.
The strength of an argument.
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A source of strength or support.
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A tendency to rise or remain firm in prices.
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The quality or degree of being strong.
It requires great strength to lift heavy objects.
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The definition of strength is power, potency or toughness.
An example of strength is the ability to bench press 350 pounds.
An example of strength is the alcohol potency in a cough syrup.
An example of strength is someone holding true to what they believe in.
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Legal, moral, or intellectual force or effectiveness.
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The capacity to resist strain or stress; durability.
The strength of the cables.
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Firmness of or a continuous rising tendency in prices, as of a currency or market.
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The state or quality of being strong; force; power; vigor.
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The power to resist strain, stress, etc.; toughness; durability.
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The power to resist attack; impregnability.
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Intensity, as of sound, color, odor, etc.
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Force as measured in numbers.
A battalion at full strength.
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Vigor or force of feeling or expression.
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Power derived from the value of playing cards held.
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on the strength of
- On the basis of:.She was hired on the strength of her computer skills.
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from strength to strength
- From one accomplishment or peak to another, often in an increasing progression.
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on the strength of
- Based or relying on.
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Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of strength
- Middle English from Old English strengthu
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Old English strengþu (corresponding to strong + -th). Written strenght in the 1534 Tyndale English translation of the Bible.
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