strength

Plural

strengths

1. 1.The quality or degree of being strong.

   • It requires great strength to lift heavy objects.
   • Our castle’s strength will laugh a siege to scorn.

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

   • He had the strength of ten men.
   • Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.

3. 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.

4. 4.A positive attribute.

   • We all have our own strengths and weaknesses.
   • The compulsion to expose, renegotiate, or reinvent the strengths and weaknesses of dance tradition offers little in its final outcome to attract the average dance-goer.

Overall

Common· #1389

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Uncommon

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

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Literature

Rare

Antonyms

• weakness

Word family

• strengthen