strength

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈstɹɛŋθ/
• (US) IPA: /'stɹɛnθ/

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Etymology

From Old English strengþu (corresponding to strong + -th). Written strenght in the 1534 Tyndale English translation of the Bible.

Noun

strength (plural strengths)

1. The quality of being strong.

   It requires great strength to lift heavy objects.

2. The intensity of a force or power; potency.

   Have the strength of ten men.

3. The strongest part of something.
4. A positive attribute.

   We all have our own strengths and weaknesses.

Synonyms

• fortitude
• power
• ability
• capability
• potency
• expertise

Antonyms

• (The quality of being strong): weakness
• (A positive attribute): weakness

Derived terms

Terms derived from strength

bond strength compressive strength crushing strength dielectic strength fatigue strength field strength full-strength impact strength industrial-strength inner strength ionic strength party strength pillar of strength relative strength

shear strength strengthen strengthening strengthful strengthless strengthy superstrength tensile strength tower of strength ultimate strength understrength wet strength yield strength

Related terms

• strong
• strongly

Translations

quality of being strong

• Arabic: قوة (ar) (qúwwa) f
• Armenian: ուժ (hy) (už)
• Bulgarian: сила (sila) f, мощ (mošt) f
• Catalan: força (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 力氣 (cmn), 力气 (cmn) (lìqi)

• Czech: síla (cs) f
• Dutch: kracht (nl) f, sterkte (nl) f
• Ewe: ŋusẽ
• Faroese: styrki (fo) f
• Finnish: voimakkuus (fi), voima (fi)
• French: force (fr) f
• German: Stärke (de) f
• Greek: δύναμη (el) (δínami) f
• Hebrew: חוזק (khózek) m
• Hindi: शक्ति (hi) (śakti) f, ताक़त (hi) (tāqata) m, बल (hi) (bal)
• Hungarian: erő (hu)
• Ido: forteso
• Interlingua: fortia
• Italian: forza (it) f, vigore (it) m, energia (it) f
• Japanese: 力 (ja) (ちから, chikara)
• Khmer: កម្លាំង (km) (gomlung)
• Korean: 힘 (ko) (him)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: هێز

• Latgalian: vare, spāks

• Latin: firmitudo (la) f, firmitas (la) f, robur (la) n, fortitudo (la)
• Latvian: spēks (lv), stiprums (lv), spēcīgums (lv) m
• Lithuanian: jėga (lt)
• Malagasy: hery (mg)
• Old French: esfort m
• Persian: زور (fa) (zowr)
• Polish: siła (pl) f
• Portuguese: força (pt) f
• Quechua: kallpa (qu)
• Russian: сила (ru) (síla) f
• Sanskrit: शक्ति (sa) (śakti) f, बल (sa) (bala)
• Scottish Gaelic: lùths m, neart m, brìgh (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: снага f, моћ f, сила f, јачина f

  Roman: snaga f, moć f, sila f, jačina f

• Sichuan Yi: ꊋ (we)
• Slovene: moč (sl) f
• Spanish: fuerza (es) f
• Swahili: nguvu (sw)
• Swedish: styrka (sv)
• Tagalog: lakas
• Telugu: బలము (balamu)
• Tibetan: སྟོབས (bo) (stobs)
• Turkish: kuvvet (tr), güç (tr)
• Ukrainian: сила (uk) (syla) f, міць (uk) (meets') f
• Urdu: شکتی (ur) (śakti) f, زور (ur) (zor) m

intensity of a force or power

• Esperanto: forto (eo)
• Faroese: styrki (fo) f
• Finnish: voima (fi)
• German: Kraft (de) f, Stärke (de) f
• Greek: δύναμη (el) (δínami) f
• Hungarian: erő (hu)

• Italian: intensità (it) f, efficacia (it) f
• Latvian: stiprums (lv)
• Scottish Gaelic: neart (gd) m, lùths (gd) m, brìgh (gd) f
• Swahili: nguvu (sw)
• Swedish: styrka (sv) c
• Ukrainian: сила (uk) (syla) f, міць (uk) (meets') f

strongest part of something

• Catalan: fort (ca) m
• Dutch: kracht (nl) f
• Finnish: vahvuus (fi), voima (fi)

• Hungarian: erősség (hu)
• Latin: firmitudo (la) f, firmitas (la) f, robur (la) n
• Ukrainian: сила (uk) (syla) f, дієвість (uk) (diyevist') f

positive attribute

• Finnish: vahvuus (fi)
• Hungarian: erősség (hu)
• Italian: forza (it) f, solidità (it) f, tenacia (it) f

• Latin: firmitudo (la), firmitas (la), robur (la) n
• Swedish: styrka (sv) c
• Ukrainian: сила (uk) (syla) f, авторитет (uk) (avtorytet) m

Verb

strength (third-person singular simple present strengths, present participle strengthing, simple past and past participle strengthed)

1. (obsolete) To give strength to; to strengthen. [12th-17th c.]
   • 1395, John Wycliffe, Bible, Job IV:

     Lo! thou hast tauȝt ful many men, and thou hast strengthid hondis maad feynt.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: hardly · wind · drew · #595: strength · opinion · according · walked