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# fatigue

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

«fatigue» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Fatigue is great tiredness of the body or mind, after hard work, illness or lack of sleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatigue/#m1)
2. Metal fatigue is weakness in metal caused by being bent or shaken many times, which can make it crack. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatigue/#m2)
3. Fatigues (plural) are loose army clothes for work or battle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatigue/#m3)
4. (verb, formal) To fatigue someone is to make them very tired. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatigue/#m4)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatigue/#x1)
- Fatigue can make it hard to concentrate in class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatigue/#x2)
- Drivers should stop and rest to avoid fatigue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatigue/#x3)
- The bridge was closed because of metal fatigue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatigue/#x4)
- The soldiers wore green fatigues. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatigue/#x5)
- The illness left her with fatigue for weeks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatigue/#x6)
- The heat fatigued the runners. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatigue/#x7)
- Trembling with fatigue he sat himself on a rock and broke a piece off his cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatigue/#x8)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fatigue» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fatigue/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fatigue» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fatigue.html) on Mova free.