Strengthening can be categorized as a verb and a noun.
Verb |
||
| strengthen - make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries" | ||
| strengthen - gain strength; "His body strengthened" | ||
| strengthen - give a healthy elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles" | ||
Noun |
||
| strengthening - the act of increasing the strength of something | ||
| strengthening - becoming stronger |
| # | Sentence | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | noun | The strengthening of competitiveness on export markets is an urgent need. | |
| 2. | noun | Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace. | |
| 3. | noun | Tackling the illegal trade in endangered wild fauna and flora and strengthening trade rules for fisheries, timber, and exotic pets are just a few of the many controversial and emotional issues to be discussed over the next two weeks at a World Wildlife Conference opening in Geneva Saturday. | |
| 4. | noun | “I don’t want to be pompous or exaggerate, but I believe our strength is diversity, including the strengthening of our society through immigrants, the fact that people from different economic, ethnic and social backgrounds can not only live together but become, in our case, extremely close friends," he said. | |
| 5. | verb | They confirmed the importance of strengthening global precautions in order to prevent devastating losses. | |
| 6. | verb | The key to raising every soldier into a great warrior is in strengthening training. | |
| 7. | verb | America’s small businesses are essential to strengthening our national economy. | |
| 8. | verb | Half of them said that the proposed law hurts the freedom of speech instead of strengthening it. | |
| 9. | verb | We can't combat a disease like Zika that recognizes no borders -- mosquitos don't respect walls -- unless we make permanent the same urgency that we brought to bear against Ebola -- by strengthening our own systems of public health, by investing in cures and rolling back the root causes of disease, and helping poorer countries develop a public health infrastructure. | |
| 10. | verb | Tom is strengthening his core muscles. | |
| 11. | verb | Algeria is strengthening its relations with China. | |
| 12. | verb | You'd be surprised what strengthening your core and doing postural corrective exercises can do for your body. | |
| 13. | verb | By strengthening self-awareness, a person gains the power to change himself. | |
| 14. | verb | Dunkelman’s assessment is that people focus most of their time and attention on the inner and outer rings, while relinquishing those middle-ring connections that are fundamental to strengthening local communities, encouraging debate and cultivating compromise. | |
| 15. | verb | This exercise will strengthen your upper body. | |
| 16. | verb | Strengthen the relations between the two countries. | |
| 17. | verb | Response: The US must do whatever it can to strengthen the legitimacy of the Pakistani government. | |
| 18. | verb | The neighbours are still interfering, but there are signs that rather than undermining Afghanistan’s stability they may now be trying to strengthen it. | |
| 19. | verb | Iranian officials say they made no objections to Khan’s ouster because they want to strengthen Karzai’s campaign against warlords. |
| Sentence | |
|---|---|
| noun | |
| The strengthening of competitiveness on export markets is an urgent need. | |
| Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace. | |
| Tackling the illegal trade in endangered wild fauna and flora and strengthening trade rules for fisheries, timber, and exotic pets are just a few of the many controversial and emotional issues to be discussed over the next two weeks at a World Wildlife Conference opening in Geneva Saturday. | |
| “I don’t want to be pompous or exaggerate, but I believe our strength is diversity, including the strengthening of our society through immigrants, the fact that people from different economic, ethnic and social backgrounds can not only live together but become, in our case, extremely close friends," he said. | |
| verb | |
| They confirmed the importance of strengthening global precautions in order to prevent devastating losses. | |
| The key to raising every soldier into a great warrior is in strengthening training. | |
| America’s small businesses are essential to strengthening our national economy. | |
| Half of them said that the proposed law hurts the freedom of speech instead of strengthening it. | |
| We can't combat a disease like Zika that recognizes no borders -- mosquitos don't respect walls -- unless we make permanent the same urgency that we brought to bear against Ebola -- by strengthening our own systems of public health, by investing in cures and rolling back the root causes of disease, and helping poorer countries develop a public health infrastructure. | |
| Tom is strengthening his core muscles. | |
| Algeria is strengthening its relations with China. | |
| You'd be surprised what strengthening your core and doing postural corrective exercises can do for your body. | |
| By strengthening self-awareness, a person gains the power to change himself. | |
| Dunkelman’s assessment is that people focus most of their time and attention on the inner and outer rings, while relinquishing those middle-ring connections that are fundamental to strengthening local communities, encouraging debate and cultivating compromise. | |
| This exercise will strengthen your upper body. |
|
| Strengthen the relations between the two countries. |
|
| Response: The US must do whatever it can to strengthen the legitimacy of the Pakistani government. |
|
| The neighbours are still interfering, but there are signs that rather than undermining Afghanistan’s stability they may now be trying to strengthen it. |
|
| Iranian officials say they made no objections to Khan’s ouster because they want to strengthen Karzai’s campaign against warlords. |
|