strength
Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɛŋθ/
The English word “strength” has 8 meanings listed here.
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.
- The minimum ratio of the number of edges removed from a given graph to components created, over all possible removals.
verb
- To strengthen (all senses).
Etymology
From Middle English strengthe, from Old English strengþu (“strength”), from Proto-West Germanic *strangiþu (“strongness; strength”), equivalent to strong + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Dutch strengte (“strength”), German Low German Strengde, Strengte (“harshness; rigidity; strictness; severity”).
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