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As an adjective weak

is lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.

As a numeral hundred is

a numerical value equal to 100 (102), occurring after ninety-nine.

As a noun hundred is

a hundred-dollar bill.

weak

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
  • * Shakespeare
    • a poor, infirm, weak , and despised old man
  • * Dryden
    • weak with hunger, mad with love
  • Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
    • a weak''' timber; a '''weak rope
  • Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
    • weak''' resolutions; '''weak virtue
  • * Joseph Addison, The Fair Petinent Act I, scene I:
    • Guard thy heart / On this weak side, where most our nature fails.
  • Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
  • *
    • , title=The Mirror and the Lamp , chapter=2 citation , passage=That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.}}
  • (grammar) Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including:
  • # (Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.
  • # (Germanic languages, of nouns) Showing less distinct grammatical endings.
  • # (Germanic languages, of adjectives) Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.
  • (physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
  • (slang) Bad or uncool.
  • (mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a statement which implies it.)
  • Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
  • * Milton
    • If evil thence ensue, / She first his weak indulgence will accuse.
  • Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
    • The prosecution advanced a weak case.
  • * Milton
    • convinced of his weak arguing
  • Lacking in vigour or expression.
    • a weak''' sentence; a '''weak style
  • Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
  • * Shakespeare
    • weak prayers
  • (stock exchange) Tending towards lower prices.
    • a weak market

    Synonyms

    * (lacking in force or ability) feeble, frail, powerless, vincible, assailable ,vulnerable * (lacking in taste or potency) dilute, watery * See also

    Antonyms

    * (lacking in force or ability) healthy, powerful, robust, strong, invincible * (lacking in taste or potency) potent, robust, strong

    Derived terms

    * weaken * weakling * weakness * weak sister

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    hundred

    English

    (wikipedia hundred)

    Alternative forms

    * Arabic numerals: (see for numerical forms in other scripts) * Roman numerals: C * ISO prefix: hecto- * Exponential notation: 102

    Numeral

    (en noun)
  • (cardinal) A numerical value equal to (102), occurring after ninety-nine.
    • hundreds' of places, ' hundreds of thousands of faces
    a hundred', one ' hundred
    nineteen hundred', one thousand nine ' hundred
  • * 2006 November 3, Susan Allport (guest), “Getting the skinny on fat”, Talk of the Nation: Science Friday , National Public Radio:
    • That has really soared over the past a hundred years or so.
  • * 2008 January 21, John Eggerton (interviewee), “The FCC's New Rules for Media Ownership”, Justice Talking , National Public Radio:
    • [I]t applies to only the top twenty markets in removing the ban, whereas in two thousand three the FCC was essentially proposing removing it let's say in the top a hundred and seventy markets.
  • * 2009 October 13, Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, “In Israel, Kibbutz Life Undergoes Reinvention”, All Things Considered , National Public Radio:
    • Hanatonwas founded in the nineteen eighties, but from the original a hundred and fourteen members, by two thousand and six, only eleven were left.
  • * 2009 October 21, John Ydstie, “U.S. To Order Bailout Firms To Cut Exec Pay”, All Things Considered , National Public Radio:
    • Overall, the top a hundred and seventy-five executives at the companies
  • * 2011 , Kory Stamper, “What ‘Ironic’ Really Means” [http://www.merriam-webster.com/video/0035-ironic.htm?&t=1344795725], “Ask the Editor”, Merriam-Webster:
    • Ironic has been used vaguely at best for a good a hundred and fifty years.

    Usage notes

    Unlike cardinal numerals up to ninety-nine'', the word ''hundred'' is a noun like ''dozen and needs a determiner to function as a numeral. * a hundred''' men / one '''hundred''' men / the '''hundred men * compare a dozen men / one dozen men / the dozen men * compare ten men / the ten men Hundred'' can be used also in plurals. It doesn't take ''-s when preceded by a determiner. * two hundred''' men / some '''hundred men * hundreds of men

    Synonyms

    * (numerical) one hundred *

    Derived terms

    * hundredfold, hundredweight, hundredth, hundreds and thousands, hundredaire

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, Canada) A hundred-dollar bill.
  • (historical) An administrative subdivision of land in southern English counties and in other countries.
  • (cricket) A score of one hundred runs or more scored by a batsman.
    • He made a hundred in the historic match.

    Synonyms

    * (US hundred-dollar bill) Franklin * century

    Derived terms

    * hundredal

    See also

    * wapentake

    Statistics

    * English numerals English refractory feminine rhymes English words suffixed with -red English cardinal numbers 1000 English basic words ----