HOW TO PRONOUNCE
strength
/stɹɛŋkθ/
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Listen for a k sound before the final th.
Strength can be pronounced with or without a k before th. Both versions begin with s-t-r and end in unvoiced th, with just one vowel beat.
1 syllable
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“The rope was tested for strength.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does strength mean?
noun
- The quality or degree of being strong.
- The intensity of a force or power; potency.
- The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
More meanings (5)
noun
- A positive attribute.
- The minimum ratio of the number of edges removed from a given graph to components created, over all possible removals.
- (obsolete) An armed force, a body of troops.
- (obsolete) A strong place; a stronghold.
verb
- (obsolete) To strengthen (all senses).
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IPA pronunciation
/stɹɛŋkθ/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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A man who has spent his primal strength in journeying in one direction has not much spirit left for reversing his course.
The fighting strength and efficiency of this horde of ferocious green monsters was equivalent to ten times their number of red men.
More book examples (3)
And the strength of my rage carried me so far as where the horse stood, and then I fell prone beside it.
As to the strength of his case, he had not a doubt about it, but clearly saw his way to the verdict.
It is but as a body yet distemper’d, Which to his former strength may be restored With good advice and little medicine.