Weak vs. Strong
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Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
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Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
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Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
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Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
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(grammar) Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including:
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Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.
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Showing less distinct grammatical endings.
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Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.
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(chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
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(physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
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(slang) Bad or uncool.
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Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)
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Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
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Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
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Lacking in vigour or expression.
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Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
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(stock exchange) Tending towards lower prices.
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(photography) Lacking contrast.
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Wanting physical strength.
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Deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted.
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Not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical, moral, or political strength, vigor, etc.
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Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain; as, a weak timber; a weak rope.
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Feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor; spiritless; as, a weak king or magistrate.
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Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) and past participle by adding to the present the suffix -ed, -d, or the variant form -t; as in the verbs abash, abashed; abate, abated; deny, denied; feel, felt. See Strong, 19 (a).
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Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship.
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Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
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Tending toward a lower price or lower prices; as, wheat is weak; a weak market.
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Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant.
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Not having full confidence or conviction; not decided or confirmed; vacillating; wavering.
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Lacking in good cards; deficient as to number or strength; as, a hand weak in trumps.
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Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress.
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Not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as, weak resolutions; weak virtue.
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Lacking contrast; as, a weak negative.
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Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint.
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Wanting in power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a weak sense of honor of duty.
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Not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated with the usual or required ingredients, or with stimulating and nourishing substances; of less than the usual strength; as, weak tea, broth, or liquor; a weak decoction or solution; a weak dose of medicine.
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Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained; as, a weak argument or case.
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Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army.
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Wanting in point or vigor of expression; as, a weak sentence; a weak style.
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Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
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Lacking in elements of political strength; not wielding or having authority or energy; deficient in the resources that are essential to a ruler or nation; as, a weak monarch; a weak government or state.
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Tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market.
Weakverb
To make or become weak; to weaken.
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having little physical or spiritual strength;
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overly diluted; thin and insipid;
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lacking power
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used of vowels or syllables; pronounced with little or no stress;
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having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings;
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lacking force; feeble;
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lacking physical strength or vitality;
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used of verbs having standard (or regular) inflection
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lacking physical strength or vigor
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characterized by excessive softness or self-indulgence;
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lacking the power to perform physically demanding tasks; having little physical strength or energy
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lacking power or influence
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(of a team or military force) containing too few members or members of insufficient quality
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(of a faculty or part of the body) not able to fulfil its functions properly
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of a low standard; performing or performed badly
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not convincing or logically forceful
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exerting only a small force
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liable to break or give way under pressure; easily damaged
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lacking the force of character to hold to one's own decisions, beliefs, or principles; irresolute
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(of a belief) not held with conviction or intensity
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(of prices or a market) having a downward tendency.
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lacking intensity or brightness
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(of a liquid or solution) heavily diluted
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displaying or characterized by a lack of enthusiasm or energy
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(of features) not striking or strongly marked
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(of a syllable) unstressed.
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denoting a class of verbs in Germanic languages that form the past tense and past participle by addition of a suffix (in English, typically -ed).
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relating to or denoting the weakest of the known kinds of force between particles, which acts only at distances less than about 10⁻¹⁵ cm, is very much weaker than the electromagnetic and the strong interactions, and conserves neither strangeness, parity, nor isospin.
Strongadjective
Capable of producing great physical force.
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Capable of withstanding great physical force.
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(of water, wind, etc.) Having a lot of power.
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Determined; unyielding.
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Highly stimulating to the senses.
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Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
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Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
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(specifically) Having a high alcoholic content.
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(grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.
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(chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution.
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(military) Not easily subdued or taken.
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Impressive, good.
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Having a specified number of people or units.
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(of a disease or symptom) severe very bad or intense
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Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)
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(of an argument) Convincing.
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In a strong manner.
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Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.
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Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health.
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Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town.
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Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea.
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Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants.
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Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong.
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Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible; impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; a strong tide.
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Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination; striking or superior of the kind; powerful; forcible; cogent; as, a strong argument; strong reasons; strong evidence; a strong example; strong language.
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Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory.
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Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee.
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Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors.
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Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent.
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Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat.
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Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief.
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Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent.
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Having great force, vigor, power, or the like, as the mind, intellect, or any faculty; as, a man of a strong mind, memory, judgment, or imagination.
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Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful.
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Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market.
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Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root vowel, and the past participle (usually) by the addition of -en (with or without a change of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven; break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or regular. See Weak.
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having strength or power greater than average or expected;
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used of syllables or musical beats
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not faint or feeble;
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having or wielding force or authority;
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having a strong physiological or chemical effect;
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able to withstand attack;
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of good quality and condition; solidly built;
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of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection;
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having a high alcoholic content;
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freshly made or left;
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strong and sure;
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having the power to move heavy weights or perform other physically demanding tasks
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able to perform a specified action well and powerfully
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exerting great force
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powerful and difficult to resist or defeat
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(of an argument or case) likely to succeed because of sound reasoning or convincing evidence
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powerfully affecting the mind, senses, or emotions
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(of language or actions) forceful and extreme, especially excessively or unacceptably so
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able to withstand force, pressure, or wear
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not easily affected by disease or hardship
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not easily disturbed, upset, or affected
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firmly held or established
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(of a market) having steadily high or rising prices.
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very intense
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(of something seen or heard) not soft or muted; clear or prominent
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(of food or its flavour) distinctive and pungent
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(of a solution or drink) containing a large proportion of a particular substance; concentrated
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(of an acid or base) fully ionized into cations and anions in solution; having (respectively) a very low or a very high pH.
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used after a number to indicate the size of a group
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denoting a class of verbs in Germanic languages that form the past tense and past participle by a change of vowel within the stem rather than by addition of a suffix (e.g. swim, swam, swum).
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relating to or denoting the strongest of the known kinds of force between particles, which acts between nucleons and other hadrons when closer than about 10⁻¹³ cm (so binding protons in a nucleus despite the repulsion due to their charge), and which conserves strangeness, parity, and isospin.
