It is important to strengthen the basis.
Source: tatoeba (20653)
Strengthen
//ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən//
Synonyms for "strengthen" (168 found)
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Strong matches (50)
Related words (84)
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11 entriesTranslations
133 translations across 49 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- versterk verb (to make strong or stronger)
Albanian
1 entries- forcoj verb (to make strong or stronger)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἰσχυρόω verb (to make strong or stronger)
- ῥώννυμι verb (to make strong or stronger)
Arabic
2 entries- عَزَّزَ verb (to make strong or stronger)
- قَوَّى verb (to make strong or stronger)
Aragonese
3 entries- enfortir verb (to make strong or stronger)
- fortaleixer verb (to make strong or stronger)
- fortalexer verb (to make strong or stronger)
Armenian
3 entries- ամրանալ verb (to grow strong or stronger)
- զորացնել verb (to make strong or stronger)
- ուժեղացնել verb (to make strong or stronger)
Bulgarian
3 entries- засилвам verb (to augment)
- уси́лвам verb (to make strong or stronger)
- усилвам се verb (to grow strong or stronger)
Catalan
2 entries- enfortir verb (to make strong or stronger)
- reforçar verb (to make strong or stronger)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏍᏓᏱᏗᎠ verb (to make strong or stronger)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 加強 /加强 verb (to make strong or stronger)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- pekitmek verb (to make strong or stronger)
Czech
1 entries- posílit verb (to make strong or stronger)
Dutch
4 entries- bezielen verb (to animate)
- kracht geven verb (to augment)
- tot leven wekken verb (to animate)
- versterken verb (to make strong or stronger)
Esperanto
1 entries- plifortigi verb (to make strong or stronger)
Estonian
1 entries- tugevdama verb (to make strong or stronger)
Finnish
4 entries- innostaa verb (to animate)
- vahvistaa verb (to make strong or stronger)
- vahvistaa verb (to animate)
- vahvistaa verb (to augment)
French
4 entries- affermir verb (to make strong or stronger)
- fortifier verb (to make strong or stronger)
- fortifier verb (to animate)
- raffermir verb (to make strong or stronger)
Galician
1 entries- fortalecer verb (to make strong or stronger)
Georgian
2 entries- გამაგრება verb (to make strong or stronger)
- გაძლიერება verb (to make strong or stronger)
German
4 entries- bestärken verb (to animate)
- stärken verb (to make strong or stronger)
- stärken verb (to animate)
- stärker werden verb (to grow strong or stronger)
Greek
1 entries- ενισχύω verb (to make strong or stronger)
Hawaiian
1 entries- hoʻoikaika verb (to make strong or stronger)
Hebrew
1 entries- חִזֵּק verb (to make strong or stronger)
Hindi
1 entries- दृढ़ाना verb (to make strong or stronger)
Hungarian
4 entries- erősít verb (to make strong or stronger)
- erősödik verb (to grow strong or stronger)
- megerősít verb (to make strong or stronger)
- megerősödik verb (to grow strong or stronger)
Ido
1 entries- fortigar verb (to make strong or stronger)
Ingrian
4 entries- ramoittua verb (to grow strong or stronger)
- vahvenoittaa verb (to make strong or stronger)
- vahventaa verb (to make strong or stronger)
- vahveta verb (to grow strong or stronger)
Irish
1 entries- neartaigh verb (to make strong or stronger)
Italian
4 entries- animare verb (to animate)
- aumentare verb (to augment)
- corroborare verb (to make strong or stronger)
- intensificare verb (to augment)
Japanese
2 entries- 強くする verb (to make strong or stronger)
- 強める verb (to make strong or stronger)
Kannada
1 entries- ಬಲಗೊಳ್ಳು verb (to make strong or stronger)
Ladino
4 entries- arreziar verb (to make strong or stronger)
- enforteser verb (to make strong or stronger)
- enfuerteser verb (to make strong or stronger)
- enreziar verb (to make strong or stronger)
Latin
4 entries- animo verb (to animate)
- augeo verb (to augment)
- corrōborō verb (to make strong or stronger)
- firmor verb (to grow strong or stronger)
Latvian
1 entries- stiprināt verb (to make strong or stronger)
Lü
1 entries- ᦶᦏᧄᦶᦃᧂᦶᦣᧂ verb (to make strong or stronger)
Middle English
3 entries- strengthen verb (to make strong or stronger)
- strengthen verb (to animate)
- strengthen verb (to augment)
Māori
3 entries- whakakaha verb (to make strong or stronger)
- whakamarohi verb (to make strong or stronger)
- whakamarohi verb (to augment)
Polish
4 entries- pokrzepiać verb (to make strong or stronger)
- stawać się coraz silniejszym verb (to grow strong or stronger)
- stawać się mocniejszym verb (to grow strong or stronger)
- wzmacniać verb (to make strong or stronger)
Portuguese
2 entries- fortalecer verb (to make strong or stronger)
- reforçar verb (to make strong or stronger)
Romanian
2 entries- deveni mai puternic verb (to grow strong or stronger)
- întări verb (to make strong or stronger)
Russian
2 entries- уси́ливать verb (to make strong or stronger)
- уси́лить verb (to make strong or stronger)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ojàčati verb (to make strong or stronger)
- ojàčati verb (to grow strong or stronger)
- osokòliti verb (to animate)
- potàknuti verb (to animate)
Spanish
4 entries- animar verb (to animate)
- fortalecer verb (to make strong or stronger)
- fortificar verb (to make strong or stronger)
- reforzar verb (to make strong or stronger)
Swahili
1 entries- kuimarisha verb (to animate)
Swedish
2 entries- förstärka verb (to make strong or stronger)
- stärka verb (to make strong or stronger)
Tagalog
1 entries- lakasan verb (to make strong or stronger)
Tok Pisin
2 entries- strongim verb (to make strong or stronger)
- strongim verb (to grow strong or stronger)
Turkish
4 entries- güçlendirmek verb (to make strong or stronger)
- güçlenmek verb (to grow strong or stronger)
- kuvvetlendirmek verb (to make strong or stronger)
- kuvvetlenmek verb (to grow strong or stronger)
Welsh
1 entries- cryfhau verb (to make strong or stronger)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
We need to reorganize it in order to strengthen our business activities.
Source: tatoeba (26500)
Passions weaken, but habits strengthen, with age.
Source: tatoeba (268511)
Western nations have to put their heads together to strengthen the dollar.
Source: tatoeba (271951)
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