how to pronounce weakening

/ˈwiːkənɪŋ/

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weakening is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of weakening in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… which instead of weakening concentrates …”

meanings of weakening

noun:

A structural principle of mathematical logic that states that the hypotheses of any derived fact may be freely extended with additional assumptions.
An instance or process of loss of strength.

verb:

Present participle of weaken.

weakening frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word weakening occurs in english on average 1.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics weakening can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that weakening can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;