Définitions
1.AdjectiveLacking in force (usually strength) or ability."The child was too weak to move the boulder.; They easily guessed his weak computer password."
2.AdjectiveUnable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain."a weak timber; a weak rope"
3.AdjectiveLimp, soft.
4.AdjectiveUnable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable."weak resolutions; weak virtue"
5.AdjectiveHaving a strong, irrepressible emotional love for someone or (less often) something; sentimentally affected by such love.
6.AdjectiveDilute, lacking in taste or potency."We were served stale bread and weak tea."
7.AdjectiveDisplaying a particular kind of inflection, including:
Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense marked by /-d-/, /-t-/, or /-ð-/."The verb to walk is weak because it has a past tense of walked and all forms are inflected by adding the typical suffix (ie is regular) to the stem walk- (ie has no vowel changes).; The verb to run is strong, not weak, because the past tense is ran.; The verb to be is neither weak nor strong, instead it is highly irregular in all inflections; its third person present tense is is instead of *bes (which can even be seen in this very sentence) and its past tense is was or were instead of *bed or *beed or anything similar, just to name a few of its inflections.; In some Semitic languages such as Akkadian, some or all gutturals are weak and often disappear, but in others such as Arabic and Ugaritic, they are strong and never disappear.; The reflexes of the Proto-Semitic verb *mawut- (“to die”) are often weak due to the presence of w, for example: Arabic مَاتَ (māta), Hebrew מֵת (mēṯ), and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎚 (mt /māta/).; The Finnish verb kääntää (“to translate”) inflects to the singular imperative as käännä, showing the weak gradation nt > nn because it historically ended in a consonant which closed the syllable."
8.AdjectiveRegular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense marked by /-d-/, /-t-/, or /-ð-/."The verb to walk is weak because it has a past tense of walked and all forms are inflected by adding the typical suffix (ie is regular) to the stem walk- (ie has no vowel changes).; The verb to run is strong, not weak, because the past tense is ran.; The verb to be is neither weak nor strong, instead it is highly irregular in all inflections; its third person present tense is is instead of *bes (which can even be seen in this very sentence) and its past tense is was or were instead of *bed or *beed or anything similar, just to name a few of its inflections."
9.AdjectiveShowing less distinct grammatical endings.
10.AdjectiveDefinite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.
11.AdjectiveRelated to, containing, or being a consonant which is prone to disappearing in some inflections, in most applicable languages including (but not limited to) w and y."In some Semitic languages such as Akkadian, some or all gutturals are weak and often disappear, but in others such as Arabic and Ugaritic, they are strong and never disappear.; The reflexes of the Proto-Semitic verb *mawut- (“to die”) are often weak due to the presence of w, for example: Arabic مَاتَ (māta), Hebrew מֵת (mēṯ), and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎚 (mt /māta/)."
12.AdjectiveRelated to, being, or containing the lenis consonant gradation, which resulted from historically closed syllables."The Finnish verb kääntää (“to translate”) inflects to the singular imperative as käännä, showing the weak gradation nt > nn because it historically ended in a consonant which closed the syllable."
13.AdjectiveThat does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution."a weak acid; When we say that an acid is weak, we refer only to its degree of dissociation, not to its degree of corrosiveness; but it is true that those two traits often correlate, though."
14.AdjectiveOne of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
15.AdjectiveBad or uncool."This place is weak."
16.AdjectiveHaving a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)
17.AdjectiveResulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
18.AdjectiveNot having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained."The prosecution advanced a weak case."
19.AdjectiveLacking in vigour or expression."a weak sentence; a weak style"
20.AdjectiveNot prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
21.AdjectiveTending towards lower prices."a weak market; wheat is weak at present"
22.AdjectiveLacking contrast."a weak negative"