Sekirov Dictionary

strength

/ˈstɹeɪŋθ/

noun 7
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 2

noun7

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the physical power that lets someone or something lift, push or hold heavy things
- It requires great strength to lift heavy objects.
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The intensity of a force or power; potency.
- He had the strength of ten men.
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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. — 1611
•
A positive attribute.
- to play to one's strengths
- We all have our own strengths and weaknesses.
The minimum ratio of the number of edges removed from a given graph to components created, over all possible removals.
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(no longer used) An armed force, a body of troops.
- That done, dissever your united strengths, And part your mingled colours once again — 1596
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(no longer used) A strong place; a stronghold.
- All like himself rebellious, by whose aid This inaccessible high strength, the seat Of Deitie supream, us dispossest, He trusted to have seis’d […] — 1667

verb1

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(no longer used) To strengthen (all senses).
- Then shalt thow perceave what it meaneth that the power of this wretched monstre / must be strengthed / by anothers power and not by his awne. — 1529

forms

strengthed · strengthing · strengths

Phrases with strength

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