strength

Definition

  • noun: the quality or state of being physically strong
  • noun: the quality or state of being strong
  • used to describe how strong or deeply held an emotion or opinion is
  • synonyms: brawniness, support, stoutness

Examples

  • Now that the quarterback has recovered from his injury, this week the team will be functioning 'at full strength' again. [=the team will have all its players again]

  • We are negotiating from a 'position of strength'. [=from a strong position; from a position that gives us an advantage]

  • He didn't mean to knock you down; he just 'doesn't know his own strength'. [=doesn't realize how strong he really is]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) our board of directors pay us a little visit. I want to see the progress report on Human performance enhancers. We tried vapour inhalation with rodent subjects. They showed an percent increase in strength. - Excellent. - Any side effects? -In one trial yes. -It was an aberration. (..)
    2002 Spider-Man
  • (..) Next, we have the net web spider, family Filistatidae... ...genus Kukulcania. It spins an intricate funnel shaped web whose strands have a tensile strength ...proportionately equal to the type of high tension wire... - Leave him alone. - Or what? Or his father will fire your father. (..)
    2002 Spider-Man