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{
"term": "weaken",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "weaken",
"heSheIt": "weakens"
},
"pastSimple": "weakened",
"pastParticiple": "weakened",
"ingForm": "weakening"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to make somebody/something less strong or powerful; to become less strong or powerful",
"sensetop": "weaken (somebody/something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The team has been weakened by injury."
},
{
"text": "The new evidence weakens the case against her."
},
{
"text": "This new story has severely weakened the President’s position."
},
{
"text": "His authority is steadily weakening."
},
{
"text": "The British pound continued to weaken against the dollar."
},
{
"text": "The division of Germany had served to weaken the party."
},
{
"text": "The military was badly weakened by the sanctions."
},
{
"text": "The regime was fatally weakened by the unrest and violence."
},
{
"text": "a move designed to weaken the rebels"
},
{
"text": "exchange rates that dramatically weakened the dollar"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["considerably", "greatly", "seriously"],
"verb + weaken": ["begin to", "start to", "continue to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to make something less physically strong; to become less physically strong",
"sensetop": "weaken (something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The explosion had weakened the building's foundations."
},
{
"text": "His health was weakened by overwork."
},
{
"text": "She felt her legs weaken."
},
{
"text": "The explosion had weakened the building's foundations considerably."
},
{
"text": "She felt her legs weaken further as she climbed higher up the slope."
},
{
"text": "He began to weaken as his opponent continued the onslaught."
}
],
"topics": ["Health problems"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["considerably", "greatly", "seriously"],
"verb + weaken": ["begin to", "start to", "continue to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to become or make somebody become less determined or certain about something",
"sensetop": "weaken something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You must not agree to do it. Don't weaken."
},
{
"text": "Nothing could weaken his resolve to continue.",
"contextForm": "weaken something"
},
{
"text": "The judgement serves to weaken public confidence in the courts."
},
{
"text": "She felt herself beginning to weaken in the face of his persuasion."
}
],
"topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to become less strong",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The storm eventually weakened."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to become less strong; to make a currency or economy less strong",
"sensetop": "weaken (against something)weaken something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The dollar has weakened against the euro.",
"contextForm": "weaken (against something)"
},
{
"text": "measures that could weaken the economy",
"contextForm": "weaken something"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwiːkən/",
"audio": "we/weaken/weaken__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwiːkənz/",
"audio": "we/weaken/weakens__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwiːkənd/",
"audio": "we/weaken/weakened__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwiːkənɪŋ/",
"audio": "we/weaken/weakening__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwiːkən/",
"audio": "we/weaken/weaken__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwiːkənz/",
"audio": "we/weaken/weakens__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwiːkənd/",
"audio": "we/weaken/weakened__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwiːkənɪŋ/",
"audio": "we/weaken/weakening__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}