OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 13839

strength

/stɹɛŋ(k)θ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
fuerza • ñeque
The quality or degree of being strong.
It requires great strength to lift heavy objects.
Our castle’s strength will laugh a siege to scorn.
fuerza • intensidad • polenta • potencia
The intensity of a force or power; potency.
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.
fuerte
The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
[…] certainly there is not in the world a greater strength against temptations, then is deposited in an obedient understanding […].
fortaleza • solidez
A positive attribute.
We all have our own strengths and weaknesses.
to play to one's strengths
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