strength
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strength /strɛŋθ, strɛŋkθ/
▶noun
- 1 the quality or state of being strong.
- 2 a good or beneficial quality or attribute.
■ literary a source of mental or emotional support.
- 3 the number of people comprising a group.
■ a full complement of people: below strength.
– phrases
go from strength to strength progress with increasing success.
in strength in large numbers.
on the strength of on the basis or with the justification of.
the strength of chiefly Austral./NZ the meaning of; the truth about.
tower (or pillar) of strength a person who can be relied upon to support and comfort others.
go from strength to strength progress with increasing success.
in strength in large numbers.
on the strength of on the basis or with the justification of.
the strength of chiefly Austral./NZ the meaning of; the truth about.
tower (or pillar) of strength a person who can be relied upon to support and comfort others.
– derivatives
strengthless adjective.
strengthless adjective.
'strength' also found in these Oxford entries:
akrasia
- all
- alloy
- amperage
- attenuate
- attenuator
- avidity
- backbone
- balance
- bandog
- beef
- berserk
- bond
- booster
- bottom
- brawn
- break
- callisthenics
- character
- chinless
- commanding
- compressive strength
- concentrate
- corroborate
- coupling constant
- courage
- craft
- craton
- decimate
- decline
- devil's advocate
- devitalize
- disintegrate
- double
- downfield
- drain
- drop test
- E
- empower
- -en
- energy
- fade
- falter
- fan
- feat
- feckless
- feeble
- feel
- ferroelectric
- fibre
