1 [U] lack of strength, power or determination:
The sudden weakness in her legs made her stumble. * the weakness of the dollar against the pound * He thought that crying was a sign of weakness.
2 [C] a weak point in a system, sb's character, etc:
It's important to know your own strengths and weaknesses. * Can you spot the weakness in her argument?
3 [C,usually sing.] ~ (for sth/sb) difficulty in resisting sth/sb that you like very much:
He has a weakness for chocolate.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for weakness is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is weakness a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, weakness is tagged as noun.
Does weakness appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — weakness appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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