Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go from strength to strength

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables: go from strength- -to strength
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

24

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To continue to get stronger, more and more successful.

Example Sentences

"The Internet continues to go from strength to strength as it matures, finding new ways to better itself."
"They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. (King James Version); They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion. (New International Version) - Psalms 84:7"
"From this time onwards, the Westinghouse air brake literally went from strength to strength, and was triumphantly justified in the course of rigorous trials, both on the Pennsylvania Railroad and at Newark-on-Trent in this country."

Inflected Forms

goes from strength to strength (present, singular) going from strength to strength (participle, present) went from strength to strength (past) gone from strength to strength (participle, past)

Questions

What does go from strength to strength mean?: To continue to get stronger, more and more successful.

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