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strengths

 
Noun strength has 9 senses
  1. strength - the property of being physically or mentally strong; "fatigue sapped his strength"
    --1 is a kind of
    property
    Antonyms: weakness
    --1 has particulars:
     good part; brawn, muscle, sinew; might, mightiness, power; vigor, vigour; robustness, hardiness, lustiness; huskiness, ruggedness, toughness; stoutness, stalwartness; sturdiness; firmness, soundness; indomitability, invincibility; endurance; invulnerability
  2. military capability, military strength, strength, military posture, posture - 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"
    --2 is a kind of capability, capableness
    --2 has particulars: sea power; firepower
  3. force, forcefulness, strength - physical energy or intensity; "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"
    --3 is a kind of intensity, intensiveness
    --3 has particulars:
     brunt; momentum, impulse; energy, vigor, vigour
  4. forte, strong suit, long suit, metier, specialty, speciality, strong point, strength - an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte"
    --4 is a kind of asset, plus
    --4 has particulars: green thumb, green fingers
  5. persuasiveness, strength - 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"
    --5 is a kind of power, powerfulness
    --5 has particulars: convincingness
  6. intensity, strength, intensity level - 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"
    --6 is a kind of magnitude
    --6 has particulars:
     radio brightness; threshold level; field strength, field intensity; candlepower, light intensity; acoustic power, sound pressure level; half-intensity
  7. potency, effectiveness, strength - capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects; "the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the drinks"
    --7 is a kind of power, powerfulness
  8. strength - the condition of financial success; "the strength of the company's stock in recent weeks"
    --8 is a kind of
    prosperity, successfulness
    Antonyms: weakness
  9. lastingness, durability, enduringness, strength - permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force; "they advertised the durability of their products"
    --9 is a kind of permanence, permanency
    --9 has particulars:
     tensile strength; indestructibility; continuity, persistence; changelessness; everlastingness
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