noun
- The property of being physically or mentally strong.
- usage: "fatigue sapped his strength"
- Capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war.
- usage: "we faced an army of great strength"; "politicians have neglected our military posture"
- synonyms: military capability, military strength, military posture, posture
- Physical energy or intensity.
- usage: "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"
- synonyms: force, forcefulness
- An asset of special worth or utility.
- usage: "cooking is his forte"
- synonyms: forte, strong suit, long suit, metier, specialty, speciality, strong point
- The power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty.
- usage: "the strength of his argument settled the matter"
- synonyms: persuasiveness
- The amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation. )
- usage: "he adjusted the intensity of the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength"
- synonyms: intensity, intensity level
- Capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects.
- usage: "the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the drinks"
- synonyms: potency, effectiveness
- The condition of financial success.
- usage: "the strength of the company's stock in recent weeks"
- Permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.
- usage: "they advertised the durability of their products"
- synonyms: lastingness, durability, enduringness
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