strength
/ˈstɹeɪŋθ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.80 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "It requires great strength to lift heavy objects."
- "Our castle’s strength will laugh a siege to scorn."
- "He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts."
- "He had the strength of ten men."
- "Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it."
- "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *strengʰ-, strengthe, strengþu, *strangiþu
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈstɹeɪŋθ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
bench strength
bond strength
brute strength
compressive strength
crushing strength
dielectic strength
dielectric strength
fatigue strength