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Meanings of
strengthen
in English
Portuguese
fortificar
Catalan
consolidar
Spanish
consolidar
Back to the meaning
Make strong or stronger.
fortify
beef up
weaken
Portuguese
fortificar
Catalan
distendre
Spanish
estirar
Back to the meaning
Give a healthy elasticity to.
tone
tone up
Catalan
distendre
Synonyms
Examples for "
fortify
"
fortify
beef up
Examples for "
fortify
"
1
Water-filled barricades are being used to
fortify
the airport and government offices.
2
The United States has also helped Baku
fortify
its offshore oil installations.
3
Jan. 2-Germanscommence offensive movement against Kielce; Germans
fortify
captured Polish towns.
4
You need it to
fortify
yourself against the rancor that surrounds us.
5
They begin to
fortify
their systems against anticipated reprisals from the Federation.
1
June 2008 - The six powers agree to
beef
up
their proposal.
2
Pressure builds on the Government to
beef
up
coal mine safety inspections.
3
Indeed, Canada is making efforts to
beef
up
its offshore yuan business.
4
It said it plans to
beef
up
its FM and online services.
5
She also said that FINRA will
beef
up
its training for arbitrators.
To strengthen; to make firm.
confirm
corroborate
Usage of
strengthen
in English
1
It's a step the government should take to
strengthen
freedom of democracy.
2
There were also several changes to
strengthen
border control, Mr Woodhouse said.
3
Analysts said International Rectifier would
strengthen
Infineon's position in power management chips.
4
The Irish government will also
strengthen
regulations on working hours and conditions.
5
However, DBRS said the stock sale will
strengthen
the bank's capital basis.
6
The effect of the intervention was to
strengthen
Islamic State, he said.
7
He said France and Japan were keen to
strengthen
the companies' alliance.
8
The World Health Organisation is supporting Fiji's moves to
strengthen
tobacco control.
9
Wallace said Britain needed to redouble its efforts to
strengthen
cyber security.
10
Our aim is to
strengthen
confidence with our financial partners, Nyusi said.
11
Unfortunately for Nopcsa, world events intervened before he could
strengthen
his case.
12
This synergistic effect would help to
strengthen
human and social capital development.
13
The IMF said ministers needed to
strengthen
bank reserves to support lending.
14
The Google News Initiative aims to, firstly, elevate and
strengthen
quality journalism.
15
This saw the USD
strengthen
against emerging market currencies, including the Rand.
16
The fiasco of the past few days will immeasurably
strengthen
their case.
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strengthen
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
strengthen ties
strengthen the hand
strengthen further
strengthen cooperation
strengthen relations
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Translations for
strengthen
Portuguese
fortificar
consolidar
fortalecer
Catalan
consolidar
enfortir
reforçar
distendre
desentumir
estirar
estirar-se
Spanish
consolidar
reforzarse
reforzar
estirar
tonificar
hacer ejercicio
fortalecer
Strengthen
through the time
Strengthen
across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
South Africa
Common
Ireland
Common
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