strength

/strɛŋθ/

US pronunciation

American sound/strɛŋθ/

strength

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> strength

Myanmar meaning

(n) ခွန်အား

Full entry

strength /streŋθ/ n

၁။ [U] ခွန်အား။ စွမ်းပကား။ လက်ရုံးရည်။ ဗလ။ ကြံ့ခိုင်ခြင်း။ အင်အား။ ပြင်းအား။ a person of great strength ❍ possess great strength of character/mind/will ❍ regain one's strength after an illness ❍ the strength of the wind ❍ add wine/spices/curry powder depending on the strength required ❍ For a small woman she has surprising strength.
၂။ [U] ခံနိုင်အား။ the strength of a rope/box.
၃။ [U] အင်အားပြင်းထန်မှု။ တက်ကြွမှု။ the strength of public opinion/anger ❍ a view that has gathered strength (ie become stronger or more widely held) in recent weeks ❍ There is considerable strength of feeling on this issue.
၄။ [C, U] စွမ်းအား။ ခွန်အား။ စွမ်းရည်။ the strengths and weaknesses of an argument ❍ The ability to keep calm is one of her many strengths. ❍ His strength as a manager lies in his ability to communicate with people.
၅။ [U] အင်အား။ What is the strength of the workforce?
❏ be at full / be below strength [IDM ] အင်အား ပြည့် သည်၊ လျော့သည်။ The team will be back at full strength for the next match.
❏ bring sth/be up to (full) strength [IDM ] အင်အား ဖြည့်တင်းသည်။ We must bring the police force up to (full) strength.
❏ go from strength to strength [IDM ] ဆက်လက် တိုးတက်အောင်မြင်နေသည်။ Since her appointment the department has gone from strength to strength.
❏ in (full, great, etc) strength [IDM ] အင်အား(အပြည့်၊ ကြီးကြီးမားမား စသည်)ဖြင့်။ The police are out in strength on the streets.
❏ on the strength of sth [IDM ] ပယောဂ။ အရှိန်အဝါ။ I got the job on the strength of your recommendation.
❏ strengthen /'streŋθn/ v အားကောင်းလာသည်။ အားမွေး သည်။ အားဖြည့်သည်။ အားတင်းသည်။ မာန်တင်းသည်။ The wind has strengthened. ❍ take up swimming to strengthen your muscles ❍ repairs to strengthen the bridge ❍ plans to strengthen the company's position in the market ❍ This latest development has only strengthened my determination to leave.

More examples

I didn’t have the strength to get out of bed.
He’s working on building up his upper body strength.
Calcium is needed for bone strength.
We have several boxes of different strengths.
[strength of] : Test the strength of the rope.
[strength of] : She has great strength of character.
[the strength to do something] : We need someone who has the inner strength to take on a difficult job.
[strength of] : The strength of the economy
Ron’s main strength is his ability to motivate players.
[strengths and weaknesses] : The test shows the students’ strengths and weaknesses.
Don’t underestimate the opposition’s strength.
A show of strength by the militants
Johnson had steered himself into a position of strength.
[strength of] : The strength of public opinion
[full strength] : The military force numbered 14, 000 at full strength.
[under/below strength] : Belgium defeated a below-strength French side.
[in strength] : Local people turned out in strength to support us.
Coffees of different strengths
[strength of] : The strength of the dollar against the euro
Winds of varying strengths
[strength of] : The strength of the current makes swimming dangerous.
[strength of] : The strength of the sun’s rays

Synonyms

power, force, might, potency, muscle, vigor, advantage, anchor, asset, backbone, body, brawn, brawniness, brute force, burden, clout, cogency, concentration, connection, core, courage, depth, dilution, durability, effectiveness, efficacy, energy, extremity, fervor, firmness, forte, fortitude, gift, gist, guts, hardiness, health, healthiness, in, intensity, intestinal fortitude, juice, kick, license, lustiness, mainstay, meat, métier, nerve, physique, pith, pow, powerhouse, purport, resolution, robustness, security, sense, sinew, sock, soundness, spirit, stability, stableness, stalwartness, stamina, steadiness, steamroller, stoutness, strong arm, strong point, strong suit, sturdiness, substance, succor, tenacity, toughness, upper hand, vehemence, verdure, vim, virtue, vitality, weight, wire, zip

Antonyms

cowardice, disadvantage, enervation, exterior, exteriority, idleness, inactivity, ineffectiveness, infirmity, instability, lack, lethargy, outside, powerlessness, weakness