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say it: strengkth
strength is a noun meaning "the property of being physically or mentally strong". It carries 9 recorded senses.
capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
“we faced an army of great strength”
“politicians have neglected our military posture”
military
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
“the strength of his argument settled the matter”
the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
“he adjusted the intensity of the sound”
“they measured the station's signal strength”
capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
“the toxin's potency”
“the strength of the drinks”
the condition of financial success
“the strength of the company's stock in recent weeks”
permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force
“they advertised the durability of their products”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for strength come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.