strengthen

Definition

Examples

The merger will strengthen the company's position in the international market.

Word Family

Synonyms

• reinforcemake stronger
• bolstera pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows
• fortifymake strong or stronger

Collocations

• Easy strengthen the body
  to strengthen the body, meaning to make strong or stronger
• Medium strengthen internal audit controls
  to strengthen internal audit controls, meaning to make strong or stronger
• Hard strengthen bilateral trade ties between nations
  to strengthen bilateral trade ties between nations, meaning to make strong or stronger
• Very Hard strengthen resolve in the teeth of hostility
  to strengthen resolve in the teeth of hostility, meaning to make strong or stronger