Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weakening

/wˈikənɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: weak-en-ing
IPA: /wˈikənɪŋ/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of weaken

noun

An instance or process of loss of strength.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A structural principle of mathematical logic that states that the hypotheses of any derived fact may be freely extended with additional assumptions.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"That immortal creature had gone over the proofs with great pains — had of course taken out the stiflings — hard-plungings, lungeings, and other convulsions — and had also taken out her weakenings and damagings of her own effects."

Usage

Inflected Forms

weakenings (plural)

Synonyms

debilitative enervating enfeebling

Questions

How do you pronounce weakening?: The recorded pronunciation is /wˈikənɪŋ/.
What does weakening mean?: present participle and gerund of weaken

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