strength

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Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈstɹɛŋθ/
  • (US) IPA: /'stɹɛnθ/
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Etymology [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

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.

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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?)

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