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Strengthen Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
strength·en ˈstreŋ(k)-thən
ˈstren(t)-
transitive verb
: to make stronger
intransitive verb
: to become stronger
strengthener
ˈstreŋ(k)th-nər
ˈstren(t)th-;
ˈstreŋ(k)-thə-
ˈstren(t)-
noun
Synonyms
- beef (up)
- fortify
- harden
- toughen
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Example Sentences
These exercises will strengthen your stomach muscles. He takes herbs to strengthen his immune system. The development of new electronic products has strengthened the company's position as the leader in digital technology. Holidays often serve to strengthen bonds between family members. Their financial situation strengthened her determination to find a new career. The team has been strengthened by the addition of several new players. The winds are expected to strengthen.
The economy is slowly strengthening. The Canadian dollar is strengthening against the U.S. dollar. The trade restrictions will strengthen the pound. See More
Recent Examples on the Web Democracy thinkers, leaders and activists from across the globe will discuss how to advance and strengthen democracy in the United States and abroad.
Darlene Superville, ajc, 17 Nov. 2022 The City of Miami Beach and the Miami Design Preservation League have been working to strengthen laws to push owners of historic buildings to take better care of the properties. CBS News, 13 Nov. 2022 Harassment is an internet-wide issue, and TikTok has said it’s working to strengthen its creator protections, including by allowing people to automatically block offensive comments. Drew Harwell And Taylor Lorenz, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Oct. 2022 Harassment is an internet-wide issue, and TikTok has said it’s working to strengthen its creator protections, including by allowing people to automatically block offensive comments. Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 21 Oct.
2022 The group's fight against polio also aims to strengthen national health systems to help countries deal with future problems. Harold Maass, The Week, 17 Oct. 2022 Latino Film Institute, the Youth Cinema Project and local non-profit LA Collab, working together to strengthen the Hollywood pipeline. Angelique Jackson, Variety, 4 Oct. 2022 Florida utilities have taken numerous measures to strengthen their systems and speed up power restoration in the years since Hurricane Irma left millions of residents in the dark in 2017. Katherine Blunt, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2022 To be better prepared for the next pandemic threat, the commission advised countries to strengthen their own health systems and make sure everyone has access to medical care.
Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2022 See More
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
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strength·en ˈstreŋ(k)-thən
: to make or become stronger
strengthener
-(ə-)nər
noun
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[ strengk-thuhn, streng-, stren- ]
/ ˈstrɛŋk θən, ˈstrɛŋ-, ˈstrɛn- /
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verb (used with object)
to make stronger; give strength to.
Phonetics. to change (a speech sound) to an articulation requiring more effort, as from fricative to stop or nongeminate to geminate.
verb (used without object)
to gain strength; grow stronger.
OTHER WORDS FOR strengthen
1 buttress, reinforce, fortify, support.
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Origin of strengthen
First recorded in 1250–1300, strengthen is from the Middle English word strengthnen.See strength, -en1
OTHER WORDS FROM strengthen
strength·en·er, nounstrength·en·ing·ly, adverbo·ver·strength·en, verbpre·strength·en, verb (used with object)
re·strength·en, verbun·strength·ened, adjectiveun·strength·en·ing, adjective
Words nearby strengthen
Strega, Streicher, Streisand, strelitzia, strength, strengthen, strengthless, strenuous, strep, strepitoso, strepitous
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Words related to strengthen
bolster, build up, enhance, enlarge, establish, extend, heighten, increase, intensify, invigorate, reinforce, restore, set up, step up, support, sustain, toughen, consolidate, uphold, add
How to use strengthen in a sentence
The company told us the reason for the change is “to maintain our standards of privacy and strengthen our protections around user data.”
Google’s search terms move will make millions in ad spend invisible to advertisers|Ginny Marvin|September 3, 2020|Search Engine Land
In order to maintain our standards of privacy and strengthen our protections around user data, we have made changes to our Search Terms Report to only include terms that a significant number of users searched for.
Google Ads to limit Search Terms reporting, citing privacy|Ginny Marvin|September 2, 2020|Search Engine Land
That might have induced a type of physical interaction known as a Fujiwhara effect, in which a strong storm might strengthen further as it absorbs the energy of a lesser storm.
What’s behind August 2020’s extreme weather? Climate change and bad luck|Carolyn Gramling|August 27, 2020|Science News
Unfortunately, Congressional Republicans have resisted attempts to provide additional needed funds to the states to help strengthen the mail-in voting process.
The biggest threat to mail-in voting isn’t security—it’s politics|matthewheimer|August 24, 2020|Fortune
By early Tuesday, Laura is expected to enter the Gulf of Mexico, where conditions could allow the storm to “strengthen significantly” into a proper hurricane, according to the Weather Channel.
Tropical Storm Laura, not yet a hurricane, threatens coastal Texas and Louisiana|Andrew Nusca|August 24, 2020|Fortune
This distrust in the government can ultimately strengthen Boko Haram.
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“Liberia is still working very hard to strengthen their health-care system,” says McDaniel.
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Fans of the drink believe that it can boost qi, improve circulation, cure arthritis, and strengthen the body in general.
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They have long since been touted as medicinal fungi, boasting the ability to strengthen the immune system and lower cholesterol.
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We are all they have, and if we give up hope, we will only strengthen the monsters that did this.
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But it was necessary to take Silan, which the rebels hastened to strengthen, closely followed up by the Spaniards.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
The general commanded a halt, and ordered the men to refresh and strengthen themselves by food and drink.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Strengthen yourselves, stay not: for I bring evil from the north, and great destruction.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Such a course will immensely strengthen the hands of the Queen's Government.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
To strengthen the bonds so loosely yet so finely drawn must henceforth be the constant duty of the Statesmen of the Empire.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
British Dictionary definitions for strengthen
strengthen
/ (ˈstrɛŋθən) /
verb
to make or become stronger
Derived forms of strengthen
strengthener, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
How to spell the word do not strengthen? – Rule
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- 1 Rule for spelling a verb with the particle "not"
- 2 Examples of use and quotations with "not strengthen"
- 39 Similar words Correct spelling: not strengthen
- Ignorance of the law does not exempt from liability. Dunno on the moon. BUT : Don't know what to say. Not knowing where to look for .
- Minor misconduct can ruin a reputation. BUT : means nothing.
- Unforgotten grandfathers feat remains in our memory. BUT : Do not forget old times. Not forgetting about the past.
- The particle "not" with verbs and verb forms is written separately : do not read, do not know, do not understand, do not see.
- Verbs are not used without “not” : 0026 (light), not lead (from the word seine , but do not lead in the meaning of lead), become dumb, bondage, ill, undead (sya), itching and their word forms. In these words, the verb without "not" loses its meaning.
- Verbs with the prefix “under” are written together in the sense of a partial, incomplete action: underdo, underweight, underestimate. Be careful with verbs starting with “to”, in such cases both continuous and separate spellings with “not” are possible. For example: Why not not finish drinking the cup to the bottom? - They were malnourished, did not drink enough , they gave everything to the children.
- protect - protection;
- window - windows;
- cheerful - cheerful;
- pinch - pinch.
- teapot
- underwear
- candlestick.
- Light, through fence made of poles, bars.
- Same as front garden
- Defensive structure in the form of a palisade made of thick logs, pointed upwards
- A number of piles driven into the ground to strengthen slopes, embankments, etc.
This is the variant recorded in the spelling dictionary.
The rule for writing a verb with the particle "not"
Sometimes confusion occurs when writing with "not" different parts of speech, when a noun or adjective is written together, and verbs and participles are written separately:
Therefore, first of all, define the part of speech . In our case, this is verb (means an action and answers the questions: “what to do?”, “what to do?”). Now let's turn to the rules governing the spelling of verbs with the particle "not":
Thus, “ do not strengthen ” is the only correct option in Russian, other ways of writing this phrase are incorrect.
Usage examples and quotes with "do not strengthen"
But the solution was still incomplete, not yet strengthened his soul enough that he could immediately drop the machine and head for the exit.
"Punishment" - Grin Alexander
Shall I shout? But now even the shepherds have huddled in their Homeric huts... But it's strange - my despair is beginning to strengthen me! I begin to walk more boldly, and a vicious reproach to someone for everything that I endure makes me happy. He is already ...
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Do not be afraid of spring thunderstorms: they will pass you by, Their whirlwind is not for you, and if sometimes Sorrows inadvertently stir your chest, They will run away again like spring water.
“On vague signs accessible to a few.
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don't secure, don't engage, don't terrify
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"Palisadnik" or "Polisadnik", how to write correctly?
"Front garden" - this dictionary word is correctly spelled with the letter "a" in the first syllable, and with the letter "i" in the second.
If we put the stress in the word "front garden" , then it turns out that the vowel sound of the third syllable is emphasized in the voice, which raises doubts about the spelling of this noun.
What is the correct spelling of
“front garden”, “front garden” or “forest garden” ?
Usually, unstressed vowels are checked by stress, using the principle of Russian orthography, that the same vowel is written without stress, which appears under stress in the same syllable, if you change the grammatical form of the word or choose a related lexeme.
Let's see how you can check the unstressed vowels in the root of the following words:
The word "front garden" refers to a small garden, a flower garden, laid out in front of a rural house or an entrance to a city house.
Often the front garden is fenced with a low fence made of individual bars or pegs.
Front garden near a private house (image source: ru-stroyka.com)
Since the Russian word “front garden” has foreign roots, in order to choose the correct spelling of this noun with many unstressed vowels, let's turn to its origin.
The origin of the word "front garden"
At the beginning of our research, we will establish its morphemic composition:
front garden - root / suffix / ending
Note that in the morphemic composition of the word of interest to us there is a Russian suffix by origin -nickname- , which forms a set of words denoting an object intended for something:
The deriving word is the noun "palisade" , which is borrowed from French ( palissade ). This is a polysemantic word, in Russian it is called:
T. F. Efremova. New dictionary of the Russian language (M., Rus. yaz., 2000).
As you can see, the meanings of this word are associated with wooden stakes or bars and for good reason.
The French word palissade ("palisade", "hedge") goes back to the Latin palus , which literally means "col" .
Here is the definition of what “front garden” is Wikipedia:
Front garden (fr. palissade - fence, palisade) - the area between the house and the road (sidewalk), enclosed by a fence (palisade).
The spelling of the word "front garden"
Now it becomes clear that the noun "front garden" , denoting a miniature decorative garden in front of the house, is connected by origin with the Latin word, at the beginning of which the letter 9 is written0025 "a"
, and in the French word in the second syllable a letter is written, which in Russian orthography is denoted by the letter "i" .
