strength
/ˈstɹɛŋθ//ˈstɹeɪŋθ/
strength noun: the quality or degree of being strong.
Noun
strength (countable and uncountable, plural strengths)
- The quality or degree of being strong.
- It requires great strength to lift heavy objects.
- Our castle’s strength will laugh a siege to scorn.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- Antonyms:
- weakness
- The intensity of a force or power; potency.
- He had the strength of ten men.
- Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
- God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 46:1
- […] certainly there is not in the world a greater strength against temptations, then is deposited in an obedient understanding […].1649, Jeremy Taylor, The Great Examplar of Sanctity and Holy Life according to the Christian Institution, London: Francis Ash, Part 1, Section 4, Discourse 2, p. 66
- A positive attribute.
- to play to one's strengths
- We all have our own strengths and weaknesses.
- Antonyms:
- weakness
- An armed force, a body of troops.
- Thou princely leader of our English strength,
Never so needful on the earth of France,1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]... - That done, dissever your united strengths,
And part your mingled colours once again;c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Thou princely leader of our English strength,
- A strong place; a stronghold.
- All like himself rebellious, by whose aid
This inaccessible high strength, the seat
Of Deitie supream, us dispossest,
He trusted to have seis’d […]1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- All like himself rebellious, by whose aid
- The minimum ratio of the number of edges removed from a given graph to components created, over all possible removals.
Verb
strength (third-person singular simple present strengths, present participle strengthing, simple past and past participle strengthed)
- To strengthen (all senses).
- ſtrengthed with all myght / thꝛowe hys gloꝛious power / vnto all pacience / and longe ſufferynge with ioyfulnes1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Colossians j:[11], folio cclviiii, verso
- Then ſhalt thow perceave what it meaneth that the power of this wretched monſtre / muſt be ſtrengthed / by anothers power and not by his awne.1529, John Frith, A piſtle to the Chriſten reader […]
- Synonyms:
- anneal, brace, consolidate, build up, confirm, corroborate, enstrengthen, fortify, harden, intend
strength meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
strength in Hindi
- quality of being strong
- शक्ति śakti, ताक़त tāqat, बल bal
- intensity of a force or power
- शक्ति śakti, बल bal, प्रबलता prabaltā
strength in Tamil
- quality of being strong
- பலம் palam, கிற்பு kiṟpu, ஷக்தி ṣakti
- intensity of a force or power
- கிற்பு kiṟpu
strength in Marathi
- strength, force
- जोर j̈or
- strength, power, ability
- ताकद tākad
- strength, power, vigour
- कुवत kuvat
- strength, stamina
- त्राण trāṇ
strength in Urdu
- quality of being strong
- شکتی śakti, زور zor, قوت quvvat
More languagesFewer languages
- strength in Bengali
- বল bol, জোর zor
- strength in Telugu
- బలము balamu
- strength in Malayalam
- ശക്തി śakti
- strength in Kannada
- ದಿಂಡು, ಬಲು, ಈಡು, ಅಳವು
- strength in Punjabi
- قوت quvvat, ਜ਼ੋਰ zor, ਬਲ bal, ਸ਼ਕਤੀ śaktī
- strength in Gujarati
- મજબૂતાઈ
- strength in Odia
- ଜୋର୍ jor, ପରାକ୍ରମ parākrama, ବର୍ଗ barga
- strength in Sanskrit
- शक्ति śakti, बल bala, सहस् sahas
- strength in Sinhala
- බලය balaya, වර wara
- strength in Assamese
- বল bol
- strength in Nepali
- बल bal, तागत tāgat
- strength in Tagalog
- lakas
- strength in Arabic
- قُوَّة quwwa
- strength in Malay
- kekuatan, kelebihan
- strength in Persian
- زور zowr, قوت qovvat
- strength in Thai
- แรง rɛɛng, กำลัง gam-lang, ความแข็งแรง
- strength in Vietnamese
- sức mạnh, cường độ, sức bền, độ bền
- Dzongkha
- སྟོབས stobs
Examples of strength in a sentence
- The compulsion to expose, renegotiate, or reinvent the strengths and weaknesses of dance tradition offers little in its final outcome to attract the average dance-goer.2013, Deborah Hay, My Body, The Buddhist, →ISBN, page 78:
- Career diplomat Conrad Tribble said on Twitter that multiculturalism “is one of our greatest strengths as a country, and I go to that well often as an American diplomat.2021 January 19, Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Nicole Gaouette, “Pompeo attacks multiculturalism, saying it is ‘not who America is’”...
- In witnes wherof we haue cauſed this pꝛeſent wꝛiting to be ſtrengthed with the ſeal of our facultie[…]1550, Edward Halle, “King Henry the viij.”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illuſtre Famelies of Lancaſtre and Yoꝛke, page 1271:
Synonyms of strength
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Antonyms
Forms of strength
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | strengths |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | strengths |
| present participle | strengthing |
| past participle | strengthed |
| past | strengthed |
Origin of strength
From Middle English strengthe, from Old English strengþu (“strength”), from Proto-West Germanic *strangiþu (“strongness; strength”), equivalent to strong + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Dutch strengte (“strength”), German Low German Strengde, Strengte (“harshness; rigidity; strictness; severity”).
Words formed from strength
- bandstrength
- bench strength
- bond strength
- brute strength
- compressive strength
- crushing strength
- dielectic strength
- dielectric strength
- fatigue strength
- feat of strength
- field strength
- fore-strength
- full-strength
- gather strength
- give me strength
- go from strength to strength
- impact strength
- industrial-strength
- industrial strength
- inner strength
- ionic strength
- linestrength
- magnetic field strength
- measure strength
- midstrength
- on the strength of
- outstrength
- overstrength
- party strength
- peace through strength
- peel strength
- pillar of strength
- position of strength
- relative strength
- retard strength
- shear strength
- show of strength
- signal strength
- strengthen
- strengthening
- strengthful
- strengthless
- strength of will
- strength tester
- strength training
- strengthy
- strike off strength
- superstrength
- take on strength
- tensile strength
- there is strength in numbers
- tower of strength
- ultimate strength
- ultimate tensile strength
- understrength
- union is strength
- union makes strength
- unity is strength
- unity makes strength
- upon the strength of
Phrases with strength
- wind strength
- yield strength
- gathers strength
- strength testers
- took on strength
- feats of strength
- gathered strength
- measured strength
- measures strength
- shows of strength
- taken on strength
- takes on strength
14 more phrasesFewer phrases
- gathering strength
- measuring strength
- taking on strength
- towers of strength
- pillars of strength
- struck off strength
- strikes off strength
- stricken off strength
- striking off strength
- in unity, there is strength
- goes from strength to strength
- gone from strength to strength
- went from strength to strength
- going from strength to strength
Words that rhyme with strength
Questions about strength
- What does strength mean?
- Strength means the quality or degree of being strong.
- What is strength in Hindi?
- Strength in Hindi is शक्ति (śakti), ताक़त (tāqat), बल (bal). See Strength meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use strength in a sentence?
- The compulsion to expose, renegotiate, or reinvent the strengths and weaknesses of dance tradition offers little in its final outcome to attract the average dance-goer.
- What part of speech is strength?
- Strength can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce strength?
- Strength is pronounced /ˈstɹɛŋθ/.
- What is the plural of strength?
- The plural of strength is strengths.
Words near strength in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: strength (page history and authors); कुवत (Marathi) (page history and authors); strength (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); قوت (Punjabi) (page history and authors); strength (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ଜୋର୍ (Odia) (page history and authors); බලය (Sinhala) (page history and authors); বল (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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