fatigue

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /fəˈtiːɡ/

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Noun

Singular fatigue

Plural fatigues

1. Fatigue is the extreme tiredness which is the result of having mental or physical exertion or illness.
2. (engineering) Fatigue is the material failure, such as cracking or separation, caused by stress on the material.

   Mechanical failures due to fatigue have been the subject of engineering efforts for more than 150 years.

Verb

Plain form fatigue

Third-person singular fatigues

Past tense fatigued

Past participle fatigued

Present participle fatiguing

1. If you fatigue a person, you make them exhausted.