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Definition of Strengthening
1. Noun. Becoming stronger.
Derivative terms: Strengthen
Antonyms: Weakening
2. Noun. The act of increasing the strength of something.
Specialized synonyms: Concentration
Derivative terms: Strengthen
Antonyms: Weakening
Definition of Strengthening
1. a. That strengthens; giving or increasing strength.
Definition of Strengthening
1. Verb. (present participle of strengthen) ¹
2. Noun. That to strengthen. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Strengthening
1. strengthen [v] - See also: strengthen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strengthening
Literary usage of Strengthening
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"... which seems to be a complement appropriate to a hero in the flower of his age,
being not only a tribute of honour but also a very strengthening thing. ..."
2. Environmental Performance Reviews by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Committee on Environmental Policy (2006)
"Implementing environmental policies and strengthening environmental infrastructure
Poland's environmental management is founded on solid environmental ..."
3. The Newer Knowledge of Nutrition: The Use of Food for the Preservation of by Elmer Verner McCollum (1922)
"Recognition of the Need of strengthening the Social Fabric.—Many thinking people
are now calling attention to the imperative need of strengthening the ..."
4. The Newer Knowledge of Nutrition: The Use of Food for the Preservation of by Elmer Verner McCollum (1922)
"Recognition of the Need of strengthening the Social Fabric.—Many thinking people
are now calling attention to the imperative need of strengthening the ..."
5. Renewing the United Nations System by Erskine Childers (1999)
"strengthening the bonds between its organizations at both the ... strengthening THE
SECRETARIAT'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CAPACITIES ^ The need for leadership ..."
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