strength

noun [C/U] (GOOD FEATURE)

/streŋkθ, streŋθ/

Definition

› a positive quality that makes you more effective: [C] The plan had both strengths and weaknesses. [C] Her drive to succeed was a real strength. › The strength of a company or economy is its ability to produce goods, profits, and jobs: [U] a period of continuing economic strength

(Definition of strength noun (GOOD FEATURE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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