Strengthen — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

make strong or stronger

gain strength

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/stɹˈɛŋθən/

🇬🇧British English

/stɹˈɛŋθən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/stɹˈɛŋθən/

2 syllables Say it as /stɹˈɛŋθən/.

Examples

This exercise will strengthen your upper body
strengthen the relations between the two countries
His body strengthened

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

tone up tone fortify beef up

Antonyms

weaken

Parts of Speech

verb	make strong or stronger “This exercise will strengthen your upper body”
verb	gain strength “His body strengthened”
verb	give a healthy elasticity to “Let's tone our muscles”

Word Forms

strengthener	noun	a device designed to provide additional strength
strengthening	noun	the act of increasing the strength of something
fortification	noun	the art or science of strengthening defenses
tone	noun	the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

stärken

stark oder stärker machen

🇫🇷French

renforcer

rendre fort ou plus fort

🇪🇸Spanish

fortalecer

hacer fuerte o más fuerte

🇮🇹Italian

rafforzare

rendere forte o più forte

🇳🇱Dutch

versterken

sterk of sterker maken

🇵🇹Portuguese

fortalecer

tornar forte ou mais forte

🇷🇺Russian

укреплять

сделать сильнее или сильнее

India

🇮🇳Hindi

को मजबूत

मजबूत या ताकतवर बनाना

🇧🇩Bengali

শক্তিশালী করা

শক্তিশালী বা শক্তিশালী করুন

🇮🇳Tamil

வலுப்படுத்த

வலுவான அல்லது வலிமையானதாக ஆக்கு

🇮🇳Telugu

బలపరుస్తాయి

బలంగా లేదా బలంగా చేయండి

🇮🇳Marathi

मजबूत करणे

मजबूत किंवा मजबूत करा

🇮🇳Gujarati

મજબૂત

મજબૂત અથવા મજબૂત બનાવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬಲಪಡಿಸಲು

ಬಲವಾಗಿ ಅಥವಾ ಬಲವಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ശക്തിപ്പെടുത്തുക

ശക്തമോ ശക്തമോ ആക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮਜ਼ਬੂਤ

ਮਜ਼ਬੂਤ ਜਾਂ ਮਜ਼ਬੂਤ ਬਣਾਓ

🇵🇰Urdu

مضبوط

مضبوط یا مضبوط بنائیں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

加强

使强或更强

🇯🇵Japanese

強化する

強くする、または強くする

🇰🇷Korean

강하게 하다

강하게 만들거나 강하게 만들다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tăng cường

làm mạnh mẽ hơn hoặc mạnh mẽ hơn

🇹🇭Thai

เสริมสร้าง

ทำให้แข็งแกร่งหรือแข็งแกร่งขึ้น

🇮🇩Indonesian

memperkuat

membuat kuat atau lebih kuat

🇵🇭Filipino

palakasin

palakasin o palakasin

🇲🇾Malay

menguatkan

jadikan kuat atau lebih kuat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تعزيز

جعل قويا أو أقوى

🇮🇷Persian

تقویت کند

قوی یا قوی تر کنید

🇹🇷Turkish

güçlendirmek

güçlü ya da daha güçlü yapmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְחַזֵק

לעשות חזק או חזק יותר

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