- weakening
- moderating moderating adj. lessening in intensity or strength. Opposite of {intensifying}. [Narrower terms: {tempering}; {weakening}] [WordNet 1.5]
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weakening — index damage, decrease, disabling, mitigation, operose, relapse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Weakening — Weaken Weak en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weakened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weakening}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
weakening — adj. Weakening is used with these nouns: ↑economy … Collocations dictionary
weakening — silpninimas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. damping; weakening vok. Dämpfung, f; Erlöschen, n; Löschen, n; Schwächung, f; Verlöschen, n rus. ослабление, n pranc. affaiblissement, m; attenuation, f; extinction, f … Automatikos terminų žodynas
weakening 1 — См. evanescente … Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов
weakening 2 — См. indebolimento … Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов
weakening — noun a) An instance or process of loss of strength b) A structural principle of mathematical logic that states that the hypotheses of any derived fact may be freely extended with additional … Wiktionary
weakening — Synonyms and related words: abatement, abridgment, alleviation, attenuation, attrition, bankruptcy, blunting, breakage, breakdown, collapse, contraction, crack up, crippling, damage, dampening, damping, deadening, debilitation, decrease,… … Moby Thesaurus
weakening — weak·en·ing || wɪËkÉ™nɪŋ n. state of becoming weak; act of making weak adj. becoming weak; diminishing; tiring, flagging weak·en || wɪËkÉ™n v. make weak; be made weak … English contemporary dictionary
weakening — I noun 1. becoming weaker (Freq. 1) • Ant: ↑strengthening • Derivationally related forms: ↑weaken • Hypernyms: ↑transformation, ↑transmu … Useful english dictionary
