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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

gather strength en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To build up the motivation to do something difficult.
  2. To become more effective.
    • The campaign's strategy is gathering strength.
    • Does this mean that freedom is valued only when it is lost, that the world must everywhere go through a dark phase of socialist totalitarianism before the forces of freedom can gather strength anew? 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 432:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gathers strength Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
gathered strength Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gathered strength Tense=Past lexicographic
gathering strength Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Translations (2)

it prendere forza (to build up motivation) · hu erőt gyűjt (to build up motivation)