strengthen

/ˈstrɛŋθən/

意味: 強化する

例文: Aki strengthened the fence after the storm.
　　  アキは嵐の後、柵を強化した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: strengthen muscles (筋肉を強化する), strengthen relationship (関係を強化する), strengthen economy (経済を強化する)

定義: 何かをより強く、効果的にすること。例えば、筋肉や関係、経済などを改善したり、強化したりすることを指します。

strengthenは約90,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Verb: make strong or stronger
Verb: gain strength
Verb: give a healthy elasticity to

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb

Examples(例文)

Verb: This exercise will strengthen your upper body
Verb: strengthen the relations between the two countries
Verb: His body strengthened
Verb: Let’s tone our muscles

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): beef up, fortify, strengthen, tone, tone up

Antonyms(反意語): weaken

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): change, exercise

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accelerate, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, activate, adjust, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, archaize, arterialize, ascend, ash, assibilate, assimilate, assume, automatize, awaken, barb, barbarize, bestialize, better, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boil, break, break down, break into, brighten, bring, brutalize, bubble, calcify, camp, capacitate, capture, carbonate, caseate, catch, catch on, cause to sleep, centralize, change by reversal, change integrity, change intensity, change magnitude, change posture, change shape, change state, change surface, change taste, charge, chasten, check, circularize, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, clinker, clot, cloud, coarsen, cohere, collapse, color, come, come in, come round, commercialize, communize, commute, complexify, complicate, concretize, condense, confuse, conjugate, constitutionalize, contaminate, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, counterchange, crack, crash, creolize, cry, cure, customize, damage, darken, dawn, de-emphasize, deaden, deaminate, decalcify, decarboxylate, decay, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deepen, defervesce, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, deodorize, deoxidize, depersonalize, depolarize, desalinate, desensitize, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, die, digest, digitize, dim, dinge, dirty, disable, discolor, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, distill, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, draw, dress, drift, drop, dry, dull, dynamize, ease up, edit, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, equal, eroticize, estrange, etherealize, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, extend, exteriorize, fail, fall, fall for, fatten, felt, feminize, fertilize, fill, fix, flatten, flip, flocculate, fly, fold, form, format, foul, freeze, frenchify, freshen, full, gel, gelatinize, give way, glamorize, glaze, glorify, go out, gradate, grow, gum, habituate, harden, harmonize, harshen, have, heat, hue, humanize, humble, hush, hydrate, hydrogenate, hydrolyze, ice up, immaterialize, immortalize, inactivate, incandesce, increase, indispose, indurate, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, insulate, intensify, internationalize, introject, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, ionize, islamize, isomerize, keratinize, laicize, leave, legitimate, lend, liberalize, lifehack, lift, lighten, limber up, liquefy, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetize, make, mark, masculinize, mature, mechanize, mellow, militarize, mince, mix, modernize, modify, mold, morph, move, muddy, mutate, mythologize, narrow, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, obscure, obsolesce, occidentalize, occult, officialize, opacify, opalize, opsonize, orientalize, ossify, outmode, oxidise, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, pass, patent, personalize, piggyback, plasticize, play out, poison, polarize, politicize, port, prim, professionalize, promote, proof, prostrate, purify, put, radicalize, rarefy, rationalize, recede, receive, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, regenerate, regress, rejuvenate, relax, remodel, reorient, repress, restore, resume, reticulate, revolutionize, right, ripen, rise, roll, romanticize, round off, rusticate, salinate, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, sensitize, sentimentalize, separate, sequester, set, settle, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shear, shift, shorten, simplify, slenderize, smoothen, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solarize, solemnize, solvate, spice, spike, spot, sputter, stabilize, stagnate, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, stratify, strengthen, string, sublime, substitute, suburbanize, suffuse, superannuate, supercharge, supple, suspend, sweeten, swing, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, synthesize, tame, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, think, tighten, tone, tone down, touch, train, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpire, transpose, tumble, turn, turn back, turn on, uglify, ulcerate, unclutter, undergo, undulate, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, urbanize, validate, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulcanize, vulgarise, warm, warm up, weaken, weaponize, weight-lift, wet, widen, worsen

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): back, batten, brace, buttress, confirm, consolidate, proof, reinforce, restrengthen, ruggedize, sandbag, substantiate, toughen, undergird, vitalize

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: fortification, strengthener, strengthening, tone

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): en

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Holes

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: positive