strength
The quality or degree of being strong.
Noun 4 meanings
The quality or degree of being strong.
“It requires great strength to lift heavy objects.”
The intensity of a force or power; potency.
“He had the strength of ten men.”
The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
A positive attribute.
“to play to one's strengths”
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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STRENGTH at a glance
STRENGTH has 8 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (S 1 + T 1 + R 1 + E 1 + N 1 + G 2 + T 1 + H 4) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,631 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with strength
All rhymes- LENGTH10
- WAVELENGTH20
- UNDERSTRENGTH18
- SUPERSTRENGTH19
- MULTIWAVELENGTH27
- YOUNGTH14
- OVERLENGTH17
- ALENGTH11
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