"weaken" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

weaken verbo

weaken + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 33
weaken one's position • weaken one's ability • weaken the system • weaken the power • weaken bones • ...
verbo + weaken
Kolokacji: 6
begin to weaken • continue to weaken • begin weakening • cause to weaken • help weaken • ...
weaken + preposición
Kolokacji: 21
weakened by • weaken in • weaken with • weaken to • weaken over • ...
weaken + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 45
further weaken • severely weakened • greatly weakened • rapidly weaken • significantly weaken • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 10
(3) gradually, suddenly
Kolokacji: 2
(4) slightly, somewhat
Kolokacji: 2
  • But I could see some discoloration, and knew they had been weakened somewhat.
  • Its performance weakened somewhat after that but it nevertheless finished in a very respectable third place.
  • It would be a long day, and my self-discipline had weakened somewhat since Kerry.
  • And he'd been weakened somewhat by the wedding itself.
  • The tropical cyclone weakened somewhat during the following next three days while continuing west.
  • It also cut across Highway 3 before weakening somewhat.
  • The Antonia act and the epilogue are also weakened somewhat.
  • On July 26, the typhoon turned towards the northwest and weakened somewhat.
  • The same political factors which forced him to put you on half-pay are still present, though they've weakened somewhat.
  • Bre-X stock did weaken somewhat in late 1996, but not because people doubted the gold was there.
(5) considerably, substantially
Kolokacji: 2
(8) sharply, clearly
Kolokacji: 2

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