"weaker" meaning in English

See weaker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈwiːkə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwikɚ/ [General-American]
Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adjective}} weaker
  1. comparative form of weak: more weak Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: weak (extra: more weak)
    Sense id: en-weaker-en-adj-xyTQEd96
  2. (logic) Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the latter entails the former, but the former does not entail the latter. Categories (topical): Logic
    Sense id: en-weaker-en-adj-kjGC72uV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: weaker vessel

Download JSON data for weaker meaning in English (1.6kB)

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the latter entails the former, but the former does not entail the latter."
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      ],
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      ]
    },
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    }
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with homophones"
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      "word": "weaker vessel"
    }
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      ],
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        "(logic) Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the latter entails the former, but the former does not entail the latter."
      ],
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        "human-sciences",
        "logic",
        "mathematics",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "homophone": "weeker"
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