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 Definitions of strengthen  [ˈstrɛŋk θən, ˈstrɛŋ-, ˈstrɛn-]  

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Definition of 'strengthen' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) strengthen
to make stronger; give strength to.

2. (v.i.) strengthen
to grow stronger.

Etymology:  (1250–1300)

Definition of 'strengthen' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) strengthen, beef up, fortify
make strong or stronger
"This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"

2. (verb) strengthen
gain strength
"His body strengthened"

3. (verb) tone, tone up, strengthen
give a healthy elasticity to
"Let's tone our muscles"


Definition of 'strengthen' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) strengthen
to become or make stronger
I'm trying to strengthen my upper body.; The problems she's had have strengthened her faith.; moves to strengthen the economy; Their love had begun to strengthen.


Definition of 'strengthen' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) strengthen
to make strong or stronger; to add strength to; as, to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority

2. (verb) strengthen
to animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution

3. (verb) strengthen
to grow strong or stronger


Translation of 'strengthen' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to make or become strong or stronger
He did exercises to strengthen his muscles; The wind strengthened.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: versterk, in sterkte toen Arabic flag Arabic: يُقَوّي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: засилвам (се)
Brazilian flag Brazilian: fortalecer(-se) Czech flag Czech: zesílit German flag German: (sich ver-)stärken
Danish flag Danish: styrke; tiltage Greek flag Greek: δυναμώνω, ενισχύω Spanish flag Spanish: fortalecer(se)
Estonian flag Estonian: tugevdama, tugevnema Farsi flag Farsi: قوي تر شدن Finnish flag Finnish: voimistaa
French flag French: renforcer Hebrew flag Hebrew: להתחזק Hindi flag Hindi: ताकतवर होना, बलवान होना
Croatian flag Croatian: ojačati, pojačati Hungarian flag Hungarian: megerősít Indonesian flag Indonesian: memperkuat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: styrkja Italian flag Italian: rafforzare, rinforzare; a Japanese flag Japanese: 強くする
Korean flag Korean: 강화하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sustiprinti, stiprėti Latvian flag Latvian: kļūt stiprākam; padarīt s
Malay flag Malay: memperkuat Dutch flag Dutch: versterken, ster(er) word Norwegian flag Norwegian: styrke
Polish flag Polish: wzmocnić, wzmagać się Persian flag Persian: قوي تر شدن Pashto flag Pashto: قوی کیدل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: fortalecer(-se) Romanian flag Romanian: aîntări Russian flag Russian: укреплять(ся); усиливать(
Slovak flag Slovak: zosilniť Slovenian flag Slovenian: okrepiti (se) Serbian flag Serbian: ojačati
Swedish flag Swedish: stärka, bli starkare Thai flag Thai: แข็งแรงขึ้น Turkish flag Turkish: güçlen(dir)mek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 增強 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: підсилювати(ся) Urdu flag Urdu: مضبوط ہونا یا بنانا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: củng cố, tăng cường Chinese flag Chinese: 增强

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