strengthening
- noun
- /ˈstrɛŋkθənɪŋ/
- The imperatives of global environmental cooperation will require a vast strengthening of the multilateral system, including the United Nations.
- strengthening process
- muscle strengthening
- further strengthening
We started then a process of strengthening our military.
- We started then a process of strengthening our military.
- And so particularly and particularly as we get older, strengthening is really important.
- Let's focus on restoring the party and strengthening the Soviet Union.
- OK, so one form of neuroplasticity is the strengthening of connections between neurons.
- We should leave any convention international conventional court that prevents us from strengthening and securing our own national borders.
- So really it helps with cleansing and strengthening, detoxifying the liver and the blood and the cells.
- DACA borders, strengthening of DACA rejoins the World Health Organization.
- There might be societal costs that we were borne out by not strengthening the nuclear family.
- I think it's worth it, particularly touching on Texas and the example of the strengthen the quote strengthening of laws on election observers.
- Sean Wheeler is a medical Doctor Who has an incredible knowledge of back pain, back relief, and back strengthening.
Examples
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Second, Israel aims to prevent the formation or strengthening of forces hostile to the state.
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Applied to education, these standards require strengthening of some policies and practices and complete reformulation of others.
Academic text (1991) -
We started then a process of strengthening our military.
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Communication to me is a tool for strengthening democracy.
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Already, many English bridges need structural strengthening to take the increased weight.
Academic text (1990) -
Renewing, strengthening our partnership is the only way we can do this.
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There is strengthening of the mind and refining of techniques.
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Next item would be strengthening your respiratory muscles or breathing muscles.
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Subsequently, the military uses scenario-based training for numerous purposes, including the strengthening of cross-cultural skills.
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The coach emphasized the importance of strengthening the team's defense before the big match.
Synonyms
Extra material added to make something stronger or support it
Making something stronger or more intense
A process of helping people become morally or spiritually stronger
Antonyms
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
strengthening = strengthen (transparent) = strength + en + ing
Formed regularly from 'strength' -> 'strengthen' -> 'strengthening'; meaning is directly the process of making stronger.
Etymology
The word strengthening comes from the old English word strength ('power' or 'being strong') and the ending -en ('to make'). So, strengthening literally means 'to make strong', which is why it refers to the act or process of making something stronger.