transcription, транскрипция: [ wepən ]
( weapons)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A weapon is an object such as a gun, a knife, or a missile, which is used to kill or hurt people in a fight or a war.
...nuclear weapons.
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2.
A weapon is something such as knowledge about a particular subject, which you can use to protect yourself or to get what you want in a difficult situation.
I attack politicians with the one weapon they don’t have, a sense of humor.
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