strength

force morale, courage

Capacité à garder courage et à continuer malgré les difficultés.

En anglais simple : The ability to stay brave and keep going during difficult times.

• Her family gave her strength.
• He found the strength to face another difficult day.
• She showed great strength after losing her job.

Comment l'utiliser : strength to do something (She found the strength to ask for help.)

Synonymes : resilience, fortitude, courage

Contraires : weakness

Expressions courantes : inner strength, emotional strength, strength to continue

force morale, courage

Capacité à garder courage et à continuer malgré les difficultés.

En anglais simple : The ability to stay brave and keep going during difficult times.

• Her family gave her strength.
• He found the strength to face another difficult day.
• She showed great strength after losing her job.

Comment l'utiliser : strength to do something (She found the strength to ask for help.)

Synonymes : resilience, fortitude, courage

Contraires : weakness

Expressions courantes : inner strength, emotional strength, strength to continue

point fort, atout

Qualité ou capacité qui contribue à la réussite d’une personne, d’un projet ou d’une chose.

En anglais simple : A good quality or ability that helps a person, plan, or thing succeed.

• Patience is her greatest strength.
• The plan has several strengths.
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of this approach?

Synonymes : strong point, advantage, asset

Contraires : weakness, shortcoming

Expressions courantes : main strength, someone’s strength, strengths and weaknesses

intensité, puissance

Degré de puissance d’une force, d’un effet, d’une substance ou d’un sentiment.

En anglais simple : How powerful a force is or how strong an effect, substance, or feeling is.

• The wind gained strength overnight.
• Check the strength of the medicine before taking it.
• The signal strength dropped inside the tunnel.

Comment l'utiliser : the strength of something (The strength of the current made swimming dangerous.)

Synonymes : intensity, power, potency

Contraires : weakness

Expressions courantes : signal strength, strength of something, full strength

effectif

Nombre de personnes dans un groupe, notamment une armée ou une équipe.

En anglais simple : The number of people in a group, especially an army or team.

• The regiment was at full strength.
• Illness reduced the team’s strength to eight players.
• The army’s strength reached twenty thousand soldiers.

Comment l'utiliser : at full strength (The unit is finally at full strength.); the strength of something (The strength of the force was five hundred officers.)

Synonymes : size, numbers

Expressions courantes : full strength, regiment strength, below strength