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NOUN | 1 | strength | The property of being physically or mentally strong |
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2 | strength, military capability, military strength, military posture, posture | Capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war | |
3 | strength, force, forcefulness | Physical energy or intensity | |
4 | strength, forte, strong suit, long suit, metier, specialty, speciality, strong point | An asset of special worth or utility | |
5 | strength, persuasiveness | 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 | |
6 | strength, intensity, intensity level | The amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation) | |
7 | strength, potency, effectiveness | Capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects | |
8 | strength | The condition of financial success | |
9 | strength, lastingness, durability, enduringness | Permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force |
Sounds | streh'ngkth; streh'ngth |
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Rhymes | length |
length, wavelength |
Meaning | The property of being physically or mentally strong. |
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Examples | "fatigue sapped his strength" |
Attributes | delicate; rugged; strong; weak |
Narrower | good part; brawn, muscle, sinew; might, mightiness, power; vigor, vigour; robustness, hardiness, lustiness; huskiness, ruggedness, toughness; stoutness, stalwartness; sturdiness; firmness, soundness; indomitability, invincibility; endurance; invulnerability |
Broader | property |
Contrary | weakness |
Meaning | Capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war. |
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Examples | "we faced an army of great strength" |
Synonyms | military capability, military strength, military posture, posture |
Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine |
Narrower | sea power; firepower |
Broader | capability, capableness |
Meaning | Physical energy or intensity. |
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Examples | "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale" |
Synonyms | force, forcefulness |
Narrower | brunt; momentum, impulse; energy, vigor, vigour |
Broader | intensity, intensiveness |
Meaning | An asset of special worth or utility. |
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Synonyms | forte, strong suit, long suit, metier, specialty, speciality, strong point |
Narrower | green thumb, green fingers |
Broader | asset, plus |
Contrary | weak point |
Meaning | 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. |
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Examples | "the strength of his argument settled the matter" |
Synonyms | persuasiveness |
Narrower | convincingness |
Broader | power, powerfulness |
Contrary | unpersuasiveness |
Meaning | The amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation). |
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Examples | "they measured the station's signal strength" |
Synonyms | intensity, intensity level |
Narrower | radio brightness; threshold level; field strength, field intensity; candlepower, light intensity; acoustic power, sound pressure level; half-intensity |
Broader | magnitude |
Meaning | Capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects. |
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Examples | "the strength of the drinks" |
Synonyms | potency, effectiveness |
Attributes | potent, strong; impotent |
Broader | power, powerfulness |
Meaning | The condition of financial success. |
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Examples | "the strength of the company's stock in recent weeks" |
Broader | prosperity, successfulness |
Contrary | weakness |
Meaning | Permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force. |
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Synonyms | lastingness, durability, enduringness |
Narrower | tensile strength; indestructibility; continuity, persistence; changelessness; everlastingness |
Broader | permanence, permanency |