strength

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The physical power that lets you do hard things like lifting.

   It takes great strength to carry such heavy bags.

2. 2
   noun

   A good quality or ability that someone or something has.

   Patience is one of her greatest strengths as a teacher.

3. 3
   noun

   How strong or powerful a force, feeling, or substance is.

   They underestimated the strength of the storm.

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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