WEAKER | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Weak

Speech Type: Adjective

Etymology:

Old English wāc ‘pliant’, ‘of little worth’, ‘not steadfast’, reinforced in Middle English by Old Norse veikr, from a Germanic base meaning ‘yield, give way’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: wiːk
Dialects: British English
Definition:

lacking the power to perform physically demanding tasks; having little physical strength or energy

Short Definition:

lacking power to perform physically demanding tasks

Examples:
  • she was recovering from flu, and was very weak
Definition:

liable to break or give way under pressure; easily damaged

Short Definition:

liable to break or give way under pressure

Examples:
  • the salamander's tail may be broken off at a weak spot near the base
Definition:

lacking intensity or brightness

Short Definition:

lacking intensity or brightness

Examples:
  • a weak light from a single street lamp
Definition:

denoting a class of verbs in Germanic languages that form the past tense and past participle by addition of a suffix (in English, typically -ed).

Short Definition:

denoting class of verbs

Definition:

relating to or denoting the weakest of the known kinds of force between particles, which acts only at distances less than about 10⁻¹⁵ cm, is very much weaker than the electromagnetic and the strong interactions, and conserves neither strangeness, parity, nor isospin.

Short Definition:

of weakest of known kinds of force between particles, which acts only at distances less than about 10 15 cm

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