"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
(5) considerably, substantially
Kolokacji: 2
(8) sharply, clearly
Kolokacji: 2
1. weaken sharply = osłab ostro weaken sharply
  • Hata's power base weakened sharply when the SDP withdrew from the ruling coalition just before he formed his cabinet.
  • "There are signs that housing is peaking, but there is no evidence that housing is weakening sharply."
  • Many pension funds weakened sharply during the last bear market, but stronger companies were able to revive their pension funds by making big contributions.
  • The South Korean currency also weakened sharply.
  • The Japanese yen, after weakening sharply in the days after the upheaval, has gained back some, though not all, of its strength against the dollar.
  • Instead they expect the Fed to hold short-term rates stable unless the dollar weakens sharply again or there are signs of accelerating inflation, particularly in wages.
  • So long as the dollar does not weaken sharply, they doubted that the Fed would try to push the overnight rate higher.
  • The yen weakened sharply against the dollar today in New York trading, which took place after the no-confidence vote in the lower house of Parliament.
  • But it weakened sharply in the third quarter of last year, dropping 3.2 percent at annual rates.
  • Opponents of conservatism weaken sharply.
2. clearly weaken = najwyraźniej osłab clearly weaken

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