(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Your ~ is the physical energy that you have, which gives you the ability to perform various actions, such as lifting or moving things.
She has always been encouraged to swim to build up the ~ of her muscles...
He threw it forward with all his ~...
He leant against the wall, fighting for ~ to continue.
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2.
Someone’s ~ in a difficult situation is their confidence or courage.
Something gave me the ~ to overcome the difficulty...
His ~ is an inspiration to me in my life...
You need ~ of mind to stand up for yourself.
? weakness
N-UNCOUNT: also a N
3.
The ~ of an object or material is its ability to be treated roughly, or to carry heavy weights, without being damaged or destroyed.
He checked the ~ of the cables.
...the properties of a material, such as ~ or electrical conductivity.
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl
4.
The ~ of a person, organization, or country is the power or influence that they have.
America values its economic leadership, and the political and military ~ that goes with it...
The Alliance in its first show of ~ drew a hundred thousand-strong crowd to a rally...
They have their own independence movement which is gathering ~.
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl
5.
If you refer to the ~ of a feeling, opinion, or belief, you are talking about how deeply it is felt or believed by people, or how much they are influenced by it.
He was surprised at the ~ of his own feeling...
What makes a mayor successful in Los Angeles is the ~ of his public support.
= intensity, depth
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6.
Someone’s ~s are the qualities and abilities that they have which are an advantage to them, or which make them successful.
Take into account your own ~s and weaknesses...
Tact was never Mr Moore’s ~...
Organisation is the ~ of any good army...
? weakness
N-VAR
7.
If you refer to the ~ of a currency, economy, or industry, you mean that its value or success is steady or increasing.
...the long-term competitive ~ of the American economy...
The drop was caused partly by the pound’s ~ against the dollar.
? weakness
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8.
The ~ of a group of people is the total number of people in it.
...elite forces, comprising about one-tenth of the ~ of the army.
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl
9.
The ~ of a wind, current, or other force is its power or speed.
A tropical storm is gaining ~ in the eastern Atlantic.
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl
10.
The ~ of a drink, chemical, or drug is the amount of the particular substance in it that gives it its particular effect.
Each capsule contains between 30 and 100 pellets of morphine sulphate according to the ~ of dose required...
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl
11.
You can talk about the ~ of a flavour, smell, colour, sound, or light to describe how intense or easily noticed it is.
The wine has lots of ~ of flavour.
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl
12.
If a person or organization goes from ~ to ~, they become more and more successful or confident.
A decade later, the company has gone from ~ to ~.
PHRASE: V inflects
13.
If a team or army is at full ~, all the members that it needs or usually has are present.
He needed more time to bring US forces there up to full ~.
...a full-~ team.
PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR, PHR n
14.
If a group turns out in ~, they arrive in large numbers.
Mr Gore called on voters and party workers to turn out in ~...
Security forces have been out in ~.
PHRASE: PHR after v
15.
If one thing is done on the ~ of another, it is done because of the influence of that other thing.
He was elected to power on the ~ of his charisma...
PHRASE: PHR after v
16.
If an army or team is under ~ or below ~, it does not have all the members that it needs or usually has.
His regiments were considerably under ~...
They had been beaten by a below-~ side.
PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR, PHR n