weakens
- 1Third-person singular simple present of weaken.
Each round of talks weakens their original bargaining position.
The river slowly weakens the cliff at its base.
Note
One spelling serves both sides of the verb: it can describe what something does to another thing, or what happens to a thing on its own. With an object it is transitive, as when the river weakens the cliff. Without one it is intransitive, as when a signal fades with distance or someone's resolve gives way under pressure. A quick test: if 'weakens what?' has an answer in the sentence, the use is transitive.
The signal weakens as you drive farther from the city.
Her resolve rarely weakens, even under pressure.
weakens is a form of weaken
weaken, verb: To make something less strong, powerful, or effective. Full entry
- Spelling
- weaken → weakens: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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