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{
"term": "weakness",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "lack of physical strength",
"sensetop": "weakness in something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The disease causes progressive muscle weakness."
},
{
"text": "The sudden weakness in her legs made her stumble.",
"contextForm": "weakness in something"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "fundamental", "great"],
"verb + weakness": ["have", "suffer from", "cause"],
"weakness + verb": ["be", "lie"],
"preposition": ["weakness in"],
"phrases": [
"a moment of weakness",
"a sign of weakness",
"strengths and weaknesses"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "lack of power, influence or strength of character",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He thought that crying was a **sign of weakness**."
},
{
"text": "Asking for help would be an admission of weakness."
},
{
"text": "the underlying weakness of the coalition's position"
},
{
"text": "In a **moment of weakness ***(= when I was easily persuaded)* I let him drive my car."
},
{
"text": "He saw compromise as a sign of weakness."
},
{
"text": "a position of relative weakness"
},
{
"text": "humanity's moral weakness and capacity for evil"
},
{
"text": "We are all subject to some form of human weakness."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a weak point in a system, somebody’s character, etc.",
"sensetop": "weakness in something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's important to know your own **strengths and weaknesses**."
},
{
"text": "to expose/reveal/identify/highlight a weakness"
},
{
"text": "The prime minister can exploit these weaknesses to her advantage."
},
{
"text": "A weakness of this approach was that contact with participants was minimal."
},
{
"text": "Can you spot the weakness in her argument?",
"contextForm": "weakness in something"
},
{
"text": "There are a number of weaknesses in this approach."
},
{
"text": "We all have our weaknesses."
},
{
"text": "Try to consider the relative strengths and weaknesses of your work."
},
{
"text": "You need to be aware of your own strengths and weaknesses."
},
{
"text": "Young recruits were urged to overcome their own innate weaknesses."
},
{
"text": "The fundamental weakness of the organization is its lack of effective communication."
},
{
"text": "She admits that her love of luxury is one of her greatest weaknesses."
},
{
"text": "Certain structural weaknesses have to be overcome before the economy can recover."
},
{
"text": "the primary methodological weakness of this study"
},
{
"text": "business leaders who refuse to admit their weaknesses"
},
{
"text": "They know their strengths and weaknesses."
},
{
"text": "The team doesn't have any glaring weaknesses."
},
{
"text": "The management had to address specific weaknesses in training."
},
{
"text": "The criminals exploit apparent weaknesses in the system."
},
{
"text": "She didn't seem to have any obvious weaknesses."
},
{
"text": "The appraisal system seeks to assess employees' strengths and weaknesses."
},
{
"text": "Service conditions soon revealed the inherent weaknesses in the vehicle's design."
},
{
"text": "Make companies aware of potential weaknesses so they know what steps to take."
},
{
"text": "The greatest weakness of the plan lies in its lack of government support."
},
{
"text": "a fatal weakness in his theory"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "fundamental", "great"],
"verb + weakness": ["have", "suffer from", "cause"],
"weakness + verb": ["be", "lie"],
"preposition": ["weakness in"],
"phrases": [
"a moment of weakness",
"a sign of weakness",
"strengths and weaknesses"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "how weak a country's currency is in relation to other countries' currencies",
"sensetop": "weakness (of something) (against something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the weakness of the dollar against the pound"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "difficulty in resisting something/somebody that you like very much",
"sensetop": "weakness (for something/somebody)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He has a weakness for chocolate."
},
{
"text": "He worries a lot about his weight, but can't overcome his weakness for fatty foods."
},
{
"text": "I have a real weakness for chocolate."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["real"],
"verb + weakness": ["have", "develop", "overcome"],
"preposition": ["weakness for"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwiːknəs/",
"audio": "we/weakness/weakness__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwiːknəs/",
"audio": "we/weakness/weakness__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}