Betekenis van:
weaken
to weaken
Werkwoord
- zwakker maken; slapper maken
- lessen the strength of
"The fever weakened his body"
Hyperoniemen
Hyponiemen
to weaken
Werkwoord
- verzwakken; onder de grond brengen
- destroy property or hinder normal operations
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
Hyponiemen
to weaken
Werkwoord
- stuk maken uit protest
- destroy property or hinder normal operations
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
Hyponiemen
to weaken
Werkwoord
- van zijn steun beroven
- destroy property or hinder normal operations
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
Hyponiemen
to weaken
Werkwoord
- aanlengen
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
Hyponiemen
to weaken
Werkwoord
- neertransformeren
- reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
to weaken
Werkwoord
- resigneren
- reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
Voorbeeldzinnen
- Passions weaken, but habits strengthen, with age.
- The foundation of this house is beginning to weaken.
- They watched her gradually weaken as the disease progressed.
- If the spectators made fun of the other team, then it would weaken their morale.
- The United States needed ten years of embargo in order to weaken Iraq.
- As expectation increases that the dollar will weaken, the foreign exchange market's reaction to US economic indicators has been fairly muted.
- Increasing taxes will further weaken their position.
- Economic activity is expected to further weaken in 2009.
- GDP growth is expected to weaken in 2009.
- The merger would substantially weaken the competitive pressure exerted by SMS on Siemens/VAI.
- Liquidity continued to weaken due to the losses and the growing stocks of frozen poultry.
- In 2009, domestic demand is expected to weaken further, resulting in growth slowing further.
- The economic situation is expected further to weaken considerably in 2009.
- A decision to impose anti-dumping duties on imports from Malaysia and Taiwan will lead to further weaken their competitiveness.
- Given Siemens's continuing 28 % share in SMS, the merger would thus substantially weaken competition between Siemens/VAI and SMS.