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strength

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"Physical or mental power"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈstɹɛŋθ/Part of speech nounSorted eghnrsttStarts with SEnds with H1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the property of being physically or mentally strong

Word origin

From Middle English strengthe, from Old English strengþu (“strength”), from Proto-West Germanic *strangiþu (“strongness; strength”), equivalent to strong + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Dutch strengte (“strength”), German Low German Strengde, Strengte (“harshness; rigidity; strictness; severity”).

Used in a sentence

  • It requires great strength to lift heavy objects.
  • Our castle’s strength will laugh a siege to scorn.
  • He had the strength of ten men.

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