strength

Meanings

Noun

• The quality or degree of being strong.
• The intensity of a force or power; potency.
• The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
• A positive attribute.
• An armed force, a body of troops.
• A strong place; a stronghold.

Verb

• To strengthen .

Related

Similar words

• ability
• capability
• expertise
• fortitude
• main
• potency
• power

Origin

• From Middle English strengthe, from Old English strengþu ("strength"), from Proto-West Germanic *strangiþu ("strongness; strength"), equivalent to strong + -th. Cognate with Dutch strengte ("strength"), German Low German Strengde, Strengte.