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# strength

«strength» in Mova's school dictionary: **how strong someone or something is: the power of muscles…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (strength, strengths)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Strength is how strong someone or something is: the power of muscles to lift and push. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strength/#m1)

2) Strength is how much force something can take without breaking: the strength of a rope or bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strength/#m2)

3) Your strengths are the things you are good at. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strength/#m3)

4) Strength can mean courage and the power to keep going when things are hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strength/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and science, pupils learn that exercise and good food build muscle strength, and that materials have different strengths (steel is stronger than plastic); they test the strength of paper bridges. At school, «strengths and weaknesses» describes what you do well and what to improve. In stories, inner strength means bravery. Phrases: build strength, strength of a material, strengths and weaknesses, on the strength of, from strength to strength, inner strength.

### examples

- Climbing helps build strength in your arms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strength/#x1)
- We tested the strength of three kinds of paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strength/#x2)
- My strengths are reading and drawing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strength/#x3)
- It took all my strength to open the jar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strength/#x4)
- She showed great strength when her grandma was ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strength/#x5)
- The strength of the wind knocked over the bins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strength/#x6)
- The team went from strength to strength. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strength/#x7)

### note

Countable when it means good qualities (strengths), uncountable for power (much strength). Spelling trap: s-t-r-e-n-g-t-h, with «ng» then «th». Adjective: strong; verb: strengthen.

### In the corpora

- [Saying "I was wrong" is a strength, not a weakness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/19/)
- [People start with different strengths, but research suggests practice explains a lot of how good people become.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/13/)
- [Ballet has many famous male dancers, such as Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov, and it needs huge strength and athletic skill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet/7/)
- [Good product design is about comfort, strength and use, and a high price can also come from brand and fashion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/33-design-all-around-logos-brands-packaging-fonts/15/)
- [Ants are strong for their size because weight shrinks faster than strength as an animal gets smaller.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «strength» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strength/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.