on the strength of something

strength | Business English

strength
noun
uk /streŋθ/us
[ S or U ]
the amount of power or influence that someone or something has:
Advertising revenues in the UK have remained flat, although this has been offset by strength in the company's South African and Australasian operations.
the strength of sthThe outlook is uncertain and we cannot rely on the strength of economic recovery in the near future.
the strength of an economy/market/brandAfter the 110p plunge on Friday, the stock remained at 622p despite the strength of the market generally.
We are continuing to build strength in key areas of the business.
economic/financial/market strength
Both firms have strong cash balances, good relative strength, and are in fast-growing sectors.
[ C ]
a quality that someone or something has that helps them succeed or make progress:
One of our strengths as a global brand has been our ability to adapt to local trends.
the strength of sb/sthKeeping employee morale high is considered to be the strength of many Japanese organizations.
Our Performance Management System identifies strengths and weaknesses in performance.
biggest/greatest/key strengthA key strength of the internet is that it permits seamless communication without regard to national boundaries.
build on/focus on/look to sb's strengthsA good branding intiative builds on a firm's strengths.
[ U ] MONEY
how much value one currency has compared to the currencies of other countries:
Continuing weakness in Europe has added to sterling's strength against the dollar.
the strength of the euro/dollar/poundMany UK tourists have been discouraged from travelling abroad by the strength of the euro.
[ U ]
how strong or well made a product or material is and so how likely it is to be damaged or broken:
the strength of sthAmid questions about the strength of newly designed hurricane housing, engineers will evaluate how well the structures are attached to the ground.
[ U ] COMMUNICATIONS, IT
how well electrical or radio waves are received by a radio, television, or mobile phone in order to produce a sound, picture, or message:
Laptops and handhelds can lose signal strength as you move from one side of a building to the other.
[ S or U ] HR
the total number of people who work for a company or organization:
The strength of the workforce has doubled over the past two years.
 go from strength to strength
to become more and more successful:
The company has gone from strength to strength, investing heavily in new models and technology.
 on the strength of sth
if something happens on the strength of something else, it is caused by that thing:
Shares are up 5.5p to 628p on the strength of higher oil prices.
 play to sb's strengths
to use the advantages that you or another person or thing already have in order to achieve something:
The globalization of services in international business has played to India's strengths.

Examples of strength

strength
One of the particular strengths of qualitative research is its capacity to generate unexpected findings.
Direct stress is reduced in strength and time significantly.
Thus, the latter method is more appropriate to appraise a party's regional electoral strength.
Here we define a party's regional strength as its relative electoral performance in a region compared to its national performance.
The strength of the work lies in historically reconstructing the gestural languages of laughter and weeping as conventional stage business.
Tellingly, this sense of knowing and not telling is never held against the community; rather, it is one of its strengths.
This is a strength of these studies, but their shyness of theory leads them to neglect important aspects of the political scene.
At the same time, the two major parties suffered a devastating decline in parliamentary strength.
A review of strengths and weaknesses would have been useful.
On the other hand, the greatest strength of our study was perhaps the wide spectrum of clinical settings represented in our cohort.
It is where both strength and freedom of will reside, and our beliefs about it have practical effects on self- and social control.
This is surely the single greatest strength of a book that otherwise has few to recommend it.
Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations.
It is thus reasonable to suggest that the items also varied in terms of the strength of lexico-semantic representations between the bilingual groups.
Without really challenging hierarchy they still squeezed concessions out of village leaders, turning a weakness into strength.
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Collocations withstrength

strength

These are words often used in combination with strength.

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added strength
Needles and awls were highly polished and frequently heat-treated for addedstrength.
authorized strength
At the outbreak of the recent war it was 18,700; it was, therefore, 1,000 under authorized strength.
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