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noun
The quality or degree of being strong.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: weakness
noun
The intensity of a force or power; potency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A positive attribute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: weakness
noun
An armed force, a body of troops.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A strong place; a stronghold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The minimum ratio of the number of edges removed from a given graph to components created, over all possible removals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To strengthen (all senses).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: anneal, brace, build up, confirm, corroborate, enstrengthen, fortify, harden, intend, indurate, invigorate, munite, nerve, nerve up, reinforce, roborate, steel, strength, strengthen, thicken
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the property of being physically or mentally strong
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: weakness
Broader terms: property
Narrower terms: good part, brawn, brawniness, muscle, muscularity, sinew, heftiness, might, mightiness, power, vigor, vigour, dynamism, heartiness, robustness, hardiness, lustiness, validity, huskiness, ruggedness, toughness, stoutness, stalwartness, sturdiness, firmness, soundness, indomitability, invincibility, endurance, invulnerability
noun
capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: potency, effectiveness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: power, powerfulness
noun
physical energy or intensity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: force, forcefulness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intensity, intensiveness
Narrower terms: brunt, momentum, impulse, energy, vigor, vigour, zip
noun
permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: lastingness, durability, enduringness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: permanence, permanency
Narrower terms: tensile strength, indestructibility, continuity, persistence, changelessness, everlastingness
noun
the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: intensity, intensity level
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: magnitude
Narrower terms: radio brightness, threshold level, field strength, field intensity, candlepower, light intensity, acoustic power, sound pressure level, half-intensity
noun
an asset of special worth or utility
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: forte, strong suit, long suit, metier, specialty, speciality, strong point
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: asset, plus
Narrower terms: green thumb, green fingers
noun
the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: persuasiveness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: power, powerfulness
Narrower terms: convincingness
noun
capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: military capability, military strength, military posture, posture
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: capability, capableness
Narrower terms: sea power, firepower
noun
the condition of financial success
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: weakness
Broader terms: prosperity, successfulness
History
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”).
Across languages
279 source translations are retained for this English entry.
