Meaning of 'strength' (Webster Dictionary)
- 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.
- Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality
of bodies by which they endure the application of force without
breaking or yielding; -- in this sense opposed to frangibility; as, the
strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like.
- Power of resisting attacks; impregnability.
- That quality which tends to secure results; effective
power in an institution or enactment; security; validity; legal or
moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the strength of social or
legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion;
strength of evidence; strength of argument.
- One who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or
affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which confidence or
reliance is based; support; security.
- Force as measured; amount, numbers, or power of any body,
as of an army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the strength of the
enemy by land, or by sea?
- Vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction; --
said of literary work.
- Intensity; -- said of light or color.
- Intensity or degree of the distinguishing and essential
element; spirit; virtue; excellence; -- said of liquors, solutions,
etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids.
- A strong place; a stronghold.
- To strengthen.
Meaning of 'strength' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- physical energy or intensity
Example in sentence:- a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man;
- he hit with all the force he could muster;
- it was destroyed by the strength of the gale
Meaning (2):
- an asset of special worth or utility
Meaning (3):
- the property of being physically or mentally strong
Example in sentence:- fatigue sapped his strength
Meaning (4):
- the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
Example in sentence:- he adjusted the intensity of the sound;
- they measured the station's signal strength
Meaning (5):
- capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
Example in sentence:- politicians have neglected our military posture;
- we faced an army of great strength
Meaning (6):
- 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
Example in sentence:- the strength of his argument settled the matter
Meaning (7):
- the condition of financial success
Example in sentence:- the strength of the company's stock in recent weeks
Meaning (8):
- capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
Example in sentence:- the strength of the drinks;
- the toxin's potency
Meaning (9):
- permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force
Example in sentence:- they advertised the durability of their products
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