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- DictionaryWeak·en/ˈwēkən/
verb
- 1. make or become weaker in power, resolve, or physical strength: "fault lines had weakened and shattered the rocks"
4 days ago · 1. transitive verb/intransitive verb. If you weaken something or if it weakens, it becomes less strong or less powerful. The recession has weakened so many businesses that many can no longer survive. Family structures are weakening and breaking up. Synonyms: wane, fail, diminish, dwindle More Synonyms of weaken.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024. weak•en (wē′ kən), v.t. to make weak or weaker. Phonetics to change (a speech sound) to an articulation requiring less effort, as from geminate to nongeminate or from stop to fricative. v.i. Phonetics, to become weak or weaker. weak + - en1 1520–30. weak′en•er, n.
1. First recorded in 1520–30; weak + -en 1. Other words for weaken. 1, 3. enfeeble, debilitate, enervate, undermine, sap, exhaust, deplete, lessen, diminish, lower, reduce, impair, minimize, invalidate. See synonyms for weaken on Thesaurus.com. Opposites for weaken. 1, 3. strengthen.
From Longman Business Dictionary weak‧en /ˈwiːkən/ verb 1 [ intransitive, transitive] if investments, prices, currencies etc weaken, or something weakens them, they begin to fall in value A combination of low US interest rates and a rising Euro will weaken the dollar. Work stoppages will cause an alreadyweakening economy to slow further.
Sep 26, 2023 · weaken (third-person singular simple present weakens, present participle weakening, simple past and past participle weakened) ( transitive) To make weaker or less strong. ( intransitive) To become weaker or less strong. Over the years my enthusiasms for the job has weakened.
1. : to make weak : lessen the strength of. 2. : to reduce in intensity or effectiveness. intransitive verb. : to become weak. weakener. ˈwēk-nər. ˈwē-kə- noun. Synonyms. debilitate. devitalize. enervate. enfeeble. etiolate. prostrate.
to become less strong or powerful, or to make someone or something less strong or powerful: Another war would weaken the economy. (Definition of weaken from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of weaken. in Chinese (Traditional) （使）虛弱, 削弱, （使）衰弱… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) （使）虚弱, 削弱, （使）衰弱… See more.
