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- 1. make or become weaker in power, resolve, or physical strength: "fault lines had weakened and shattered the rocks" Similar Opposite
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[transitive, intransitive] weaken (somebody/something) to make somebody/something less strong or powerful; to become less strong or powerful. The team has been weakened by injury. The new evidence weakens the case against her. This new story has severely weakened the President’s position. His authority is steadily weakening. Extra Examples.
WEAKEN definition: 1. to (cause to) become less strong, powerful, determined, or effective: 2. to (cause to) become…. Learn more.
verb. /ˈwikən/. Verb Forms. [transitive, intransitive] weaken (somebody/something) to make someone or something less strong or powerful; to become less strong or powerful The team has been weakened by injury. The new evidence weakens the case against her.
to become or make something or someone become less powerful, successful, effective, etc.: A series of scandals weakened investor confidence. The plan has divided the country and weakened the government. They will reduce interest rates if the economy weakens.
The meaning of WEAKEN is to make weak : lessen the strength of. How to use weaken in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Weaken.
To weaken is to become less powerful or strong. When a storm weakens, the wind dies down and the torrential rain becomes a light drizzle. If you weaken physically, your strength diminishes: "I did great at the start of the obstacle course, but my arms began to weaken toward the end and I couldn't climb that last wall."
verb (used without object) to become weak or weaker. Synonyms: sap, undermine, enervate, debilitate, enfeeble, invalidate, minimize, impair, reduce, lower, diminish, lessen, deplete, exhaust. Antonyms: strengthen. weaken.
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. [ VERB noun ]
Definitions of 'weaken' 1. If you weaken something or if it weakens, it becomes less strong or less powerful. [...] 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. [...] 3.
to become less certain or determined about a decision, or to make someone less determined: I told him he wasn't having any more money but then I weakened. (Definition of weaken from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of weaken. in Chinese (Traditional) （使）虛弱, 削弱, （使）衰弱… See more. in Chinese (Simplified)
