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# weak

«weak» in Mova's school dictionary: **not strong; not having much power or energy in your body** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (weak, weaker, weakest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Weak means not strong; not having much power or energy in your body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weak/#m1)

2) Weak means easy to break or damage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weak/#m2)

3) Weak describes a drink or liquid that has a lot of water and not much taste, like weak tea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weak/#m3)

4) Weak means not good at something, like a weak point. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weak/#m4)

5) A weak signal, light or sound is faint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weak/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science, a weak force pushes or pulls only a little; a weak magnet attracts only from close by; weak bones need calcium; a weak acid is less harmful. After illness people feel weak. In maths, a «weak» student is not a nice phrase; say «needs more practice». In stories, the weak are often protected by heroes. Phrases: «feel weak», «weak spot», «weak point», «weak at the knees», «grow weak».

### examples

- I felt weak after being ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weak/#x1)
- The bridge was too weak to hold the truck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weak/#x2)
- This tea is too weak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weak/#x3)
- My weak spot is spelling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weak/#x4)
- The Wi-Fi signal is weak in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weak/#x5)
- A weak magnet can only pick up one paper clip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weak/#x6)
- The baby bird was weak and couldn't fly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weak/#x7)
- Exercise makes weak muscles stronger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weak/#x8)
- The poor Dog was so weak he could not stand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weak/#x9)

### note

Comparative weaker, superlative weakest. Noun: weakness; verb: weaken. Opposite: strong. Homophone: «week» (seven days). Trick: «weak» has «a» like «arm» — not strong arms.

### In the corpora

- [AI is good at the usual cases it has seen many times and often weak at unusual or brand-new ones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/1-what-is-ai/16/)
- [Computers are fast at sums and storing facts but weak at common sense, such as knowing when a joke hurts someone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/3-sounding-right-and-being-right/15/)
- [You are good at some lessons and weak at others.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/27-who-you-are-words-not-body/7/)
- [Knowing your weak spots, and saying so, is part of being trustworthy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/27-who-you-are-words-not-body/8/)
- [There is no real elephant graveyard; elephants die wherever they are, though bones may collect near water where weak old elephants stayed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «weak» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weak/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.