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strengths

/stɹɛŋ(k)θs/

strengths is the plural of strength.

strengths is the third-person singular simple present indicative of strength.

Meaning of strength

Noun

strength (countable and uncountable, plural strengths)

  1. The quality or degree of being strong.
    • It requires great strength to lift heavy objects.
    Antonyms:
    weakness
  2. The intensity of a force or power; potency.
    • He had the strength of ten men.
  3. 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
  4. A positive attribute.
    • to play to one's strengths
    Antonyms:
    weakness
  5. (obsolete) 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]...
  6. (obsolete) 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...

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Phrases with strengths

Questions about strengths

What is strengths the plural of?
Strengths is the plural of strength.
How do you pronounce strengths?
Strengths is pronounced /stɹɛŋ(k)θs/.

Words near strengths in the dictionary

  1. strengthless
  2. strengthlessly
  3. strengthlessness
  4. strengthner
  5. strengthners
  6. strengths
  7. strengthy
  8. Strensall
  9. Strensall with Towthorpe
  10. Strensham
  11. strenth

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