What is strength? The definition of strength according to Webster’s dictionary, (and other dictionary sources)” is the quality of being strong or having great power (strength)”. But what does that really mean to us? The quality of being strong or obtaining strength means to be able to stand through anything and everything. For instance, my father had passed away when I was in sixth grade. Every year when it comes to his birthday or his death anniversary and something gets posted on social media about it, someone will usually leave some sort of a comment and say, “I’m sorry for your loss, that’s incredible how you’ve had to go through this at such a young age, you’re the strongest person I know.” But Am I really the strongest person they know? See, that’s the wonderful thing about words. Words have many definitions and multiple meanings to them. We may use a word one way, but it could really mean another thing.
When most people think of strength they always go straight for the connotation of the word. Most people think of gyms, muscles, and working out. The word strength isn’t just a physical thing, it’s also an emotional thing. Just like I previously said before when someone said I was the strongest person they knew. They had meant it emotionally. Another example of an …show more content…
It also came from the German word strengida.” Today we don’t really used the word strong or strength in any slang words or phrase. Even though it’s not used in slang the word strong still is used in different ways. More ways that it is used is when we say phrases like “WHOAH, THAT WAS A REALLY STONG SMELL”. A similar way it is used in the same text is “I like my coffee strong, please.” People don’t really mean that they want their coffee with muscles. They mean that they want the powerful taste to it just like the smell of the scent was an over powering scent which caused it to be
When most people think of strength they always go straight for the connotation of the word. Most people think of gyms, muscles, and working out. The word strength isn’t just a physical thing, it’s also an emotional thing. Just like I previously said before when someone said I was the strongest person they knew. They had meant it emotionally. Another example of an …show more content…
It also came from the German word strengida.” Today we don’t really used the word strong or strength in any slang words or phrase. Even though it’s not used in slang the word strong still is used in different ways. More ways that it is used is when we say phrases like “WHOAH, THAT WAS A REALLY STONG SMELL”. A similar way it is used in the same text is “I like my coffee strong, please.” People don’t really mean that they want their coffee with muscles. They mean that they want the powerful taste to it just like the smell of the scent was an over powering scent which caused it to be