strongest
- 1Superlative of strong.
The bridge was engineered to withstand the strongest winds the coast ever sees.
She carried the heaviest crate because she was the strongest member of the crew.
Note
The regular -est superlative, the pattern a one-syllable adjective takes in place of most strong. It carries every meaning of strong, so the strongest swimmer, the strongest coffee and the strongest cheese each measure something different: force, stimulation to the senses, intensity of flavor. Old English already had two shapes, strongesta and strengesta, and Middle English kept both, strongeste and strengeste, before the o-vowel won out.
strongest is a form of strong
strong, adjective: Able to exert or produce great physical force, as with the muscles. Full entry
- Spelling
- strong → strongest: add -est
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Origin
This is the superlative form of "strong." It comes from Middle English strongeste, from Old English strongesta, going back to Proto-Germanic *strangistô, the superlative of *strangaz ("strong").