strength
the property of being physically or mentally strong
How often you will meet it
Rank 657 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 29,097 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.014% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the property of being physically or mentally strong fatigue sapped his strength
- capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war also: military capability, military strength, military posture, posture we faced an army of great strengthpoliticians have neglected our military posture
- physical energy or intensity also: force, forcefulness he hit with all the force he could musterit was destroyed by the strength of the gale
- an asset of special worth or utility also: forte, strong suit, long suit, metier, specialty, speciality cooking is his forte
- 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 also: persuasiveness the strength of his argument settled the matter
- the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation) also: intensity, intensity level he adjusted the intensity of the soundthey measured the station's signal strength
strength in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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She had neither the strength of limb nor the agile grace of the mountaineer.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance · Hall, Sir Caine · Chapter 1
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Strength and good-nature--said the night-watchman, musingly, as he felt his biceps--strength and good-nature always go together.
Bill's Lapse Odd Craft, Part 4. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1
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Why, that would mean joy, And new life for the girl, and fresh strength for the boy.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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He hath showed strength with his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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Unhappy!--he, a man, who has liberty and strength, who may undertake every thing, attempt any thing, dare any thing.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1