fatigue

«fatigue» in Mova's school dictionary: great tiredness of the body or mind, after hard work… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (fatigue — usually uncountable; fatigues — plural, special sense); verb (fatigue, fatigues, fatigued, fatiguing — formal)

meaning for a pupil

1) Fatigue is great tiredness of the body or mind, after hard work, illness or lack of sleep. tree →

2) Metal fatigue is weakness in metal caused by being bent or shaken many times, which can make it crack. tree →

3) Fatigues (plural) are loose army clothes for work or battle. tree →

4) (verb, formal) To fatigue someone is to make them very tired. tree →

sense in the lessons

In health and PE lessons it explains why rest and sleep matter; in safety, driver fatigue causes accidents. In science and engineering, metal fatigue is why parts are checked and replaced. Phrases: suffer from fatigue, battle fatigue, metal fatigue, compassion fatigue.

examples

• After the long hike, we were overcome with fatigue. tree →
• Fatigue can make it hard to concentrate in class. tree →
• Drivers should stop and rest to avoid fatigue. tree →
• The bridge was closed because of metal fatigue. tree →
• The soldiers wore green fatigues. tree →
• The illness left her with fatigue for weeks. tree →
• The heat fatigued the runners. tree →
• Trembling with fatigue he sat himself on a rock and broke a piece off his cake. tree →

note

Say: fa-TEEG. Spelling ends in «-gue». Usually uncountable: «fatigue», not «a fatigue». More formal than «tiredness». Fatigues (army clothes) is always plural.

In the corpora

• "Battle fatigue" is an old name for the mental injury soldiers get from combat, now called trauma.
• Too much news can cause news fatigue; some families make news-free times, like dinner.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fatigue» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.