Definition of strength

noun (n)

• the property of being physically or mentally strong (noun.attribute)

  Antonym: weakness
  

  Example:
  Fatigue sapped his strength.
  

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• capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: military capability, military posture, military strength, posture
  

  Example:
  We faced an army of great strength.
  

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• physical energy or intensity (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: force, forcefulness
  

  Example:
  It was destroyed by the strength of the gale.
  

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• an asset of special worth or utility (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: forte, long suit, metier, speciality, specialty, strong point, strong suit
  Antonym: weak point
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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 (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: persuasiveness
  Antonym: unpersuasiveness
  

  Example:
  The strength of his argument settled the matter.
  

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• the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation) (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: intensity, intensity level
  

  Example:
  They measured the station's signal strength.
  

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• capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: effectiveness, potency
  

  Example:
  The strength of the drinks.
  

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• the condition of financial success (noun.state)

  Example:
  The strength of the company's stock in recent weeks.
  

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• permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: durability, enduringness, lastingness
  

  source: wordnet30
• The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of memory, or of judgment. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• To strengthen. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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