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strength
English
Etymology
From Middle English strengthe, from Old English strengþu (“strength”), from Proto-West Germanic *strangiþu (“strongness; strength”), equivalent to strong +? -th. Cognate with Dutch strengte (“strength”), German Low German Strengde, Strengte (“harshness; rigidity; strictness; severity”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /st???k?/, [st??????k?], [st?????n??]
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): [st??????k?]
- Rhymes: -???, -?n?
Noun
strength (countable and uncountable, plural strengths)
- The quality or degree of being strong.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V, Scene 5,[1]
- Our castle’s strength will laugh a siege to scorn.
- Antonym: weakness
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V, Scene 5,[1]
- The intensity of a force or power; potency.
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Psalm 46.1,[2]
- God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- 1649, Jeremy Taylor, The Great Examplar of Sanctity and Holy Life according to the Christian Institution, London: Francis Ash, Part 1, Section 4, Discourse 2, p. 66,[3]
- […] certainly there is not in the world a greater strength against temptations, then is deposited in an obedient understanding […] .
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Psalm 46.1,[2]
- A positive attribute.
- Antonym: weakness
- (obsolete) An armed force, a body of troops.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act IV, Scene 3,[4]
- Thou princely leader of our English strength,
- Never so needful on the earth of France,
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, King John, Act II, Scene 1,[5]
- That done, dissever your united strengths,
- And part your mingled colours once again;
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act IV, Scene 3,[4]
- (obsolete) A strong place; a stronghold.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 7, lines 140-143,[6]
- All like himself rebellious, by whose aid
- This inaccessible high strength, the seat
- Of Deitie supream, us dispossest,
- He trusted to have seis’d […]
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Verb
strength (third-person singular simple present strengths, present participle strengthing, simple past and past participle strengthed)
- (obsolete) To strengthen (all senses). [12th-17th c.]
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:strengthen
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prestige
English
Alternative forms
- præstige (archaic)
Etymology
From French prestige (“illusion, fascination, enchantment, prestige”), from Latin praestigium (“a delusion, an illusion”). Despite the phonetic similarities and the old meaning of “delusion, illusion, trick”, the word has a different root than prestidigitator (“conjurer”) and prestidigitation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??s?ti(d)?/, /p???sti(d)?/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /?p??st?d?/
- Rhymes: -i??, -i?d?
Noun
prestige (usually uncountable, plural prestiges)
- The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
- (obsolete, often preceded by "the") Delusion; illusion; trick.
Derived terms
- covert prestige
- overt prestige
- prestigious
See also
- prestigiousness
Translations
Adjective
prestige (not comparable)
- (sociolinguistics, of a linguistic form) Regarded as relatively prestigious; often, considered the standard language or language variety, or a part of such a variety.
Further reading
- prestige in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- prestige in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- prestige at OneLook Dictionary Search
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French prestige, from Latin praestigium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pr?s?ti?.??/
- Hyphenation: pres?ti?ge
- Rhymes: -i???
Noun
prestige n (uncountable)
- prestige
Derived terms
- prestigekwestie
- prestigeproject
- prestigieus
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: prestise
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praestigium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??s.ti?/
Noun
prestige m (plural prestiges)
- prestige
Derived terms
- prestigieux
Descendants
Further reading
- “prestige” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Swedish
Etymology
From French prestige.
Noun
prestige c
- prestige
Declension
Related terms
- prestigelös
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