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- [strengk-thuh n, streng-, stren-]
- /ˈstrɛŋk θən, ˈstrɛŋ-, ˈstrɛn-/
- /ˈstreŋ.θən/
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- [strengk-thuh n, streng-, stren-]
- /ˈstrɛŋk θən, ˈstrɛŋ-, ˈstrɛn-/
Definitions of strengthen word
- verb with object strengthen to make stronger; give strength to. 1
- verb with object strengthen Phonetics. to change (a speech sound) to an articulation requiring more effort, as from fricative to stop or nongeminate to geminate. 1
- verb without object strengthen to gain strength; grow stronger. 1
- transitive verb strengthen make stronger 1
- intransitive verb strengthen become stronger 1
- verb strengthen If something strengthens a person or group or if they strengthen their position, they become more powerful and secure, or more likely to succeed. 0
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Origin of strengthen
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
First recorded in 1250-1300, strengthen is from the Middle English word strengthnen. See strength, -en1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Strengthen
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
strengthen popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
strengthen usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for strengthen
verb strengthen
- activize — to make active
- agglomerated — gathered together into a cluster or mass.
- allying — to unite formally, as by treaty, league, marriage, or the like (usually followed by with or to): Russia allied itself to France.
- amplify — If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
- angeled — one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
Antonyms for strengthen
verb strengthen
- abbreviate — If you abbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter.
- abridge — to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
- abscond — If someone absconds from somewhere such as a prison, they escape from it or leave it without permission.
- abstract — An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
- achromatize — to make achromatic; to remove colour from
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