weapon

CEFRB1

/ˈwɛp.ən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An object used to hurt people or damage things.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A tool of any kind.

Examples

  • She looked desperately around for a weapon.

  • The fingerprints left on the weapon correspond with the suspect's.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈwep.ən/
  • /ˈwiːp.ən/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another.

  2. An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.

  3. A very skilled, competent, or capable person or thing worthy of awe.

More examples

In context

  • A good memory is his weapon.

  • Money is the main weapon of modern oligarchs.

  • The club that is now mostly used for golf was once a common weapon.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English wepen, from Old English wǣpn, from Proto-West Germanic *wāpn, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną (“weapon”), of unknown origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wēbnom. Cognates Cognate with Scots weepon (“weapon”), North Frisian woopen (“weapon”), Saterland Frisian Woapen (“weapon”), West Frisian wapen (“weapon; coat of arms”), Alemannic German Waaffe (“tool”), Dutch wapen (“weapon”), German Waffe (“weapon”) and Wappen (“coat of arms”), Luxembourgish Waff (“weapon”), Yiddish וואָפֿן (vofn, “weapon”), Danish våben (“weapon; coat of arms”), Faroese vákn, vápn (“weapon; whaling lance”), Icelandic vopn (“weapon”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk våpen (“weapon”), Swedish v...