transcription, транскрипция: [ wi:kən ]
( weakens, weakening, weakened)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you weaken something or if it weakens , it becomes less strong or less powerful.
The recession has weakened so many firms that many can no longer survive...
Family structures are weakening and breaking up.
≠ strengthen
VERB : V n , V
2.
If your resolve weakens or if something weakens it, you become less determined or less certain about taking a particular course of action that you had previously decided to take.
Jennie weakened, and finally relented...
The verdict hasn’t weakened his resolve to fight the charges against him.
VERB : V , V n
3.
If something weakens you, it causes you to lose some of your physical strength.
Malnutrition obviously weakens the patient.
VERB : V n
4.
If something weakens an object, it does something to it which causes it to become less firm and more likely to break.
A bomb blast had weakened an area of brick on the back wall...
VERB : V n