/feɪnt/
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Translation
To suddenly lose consciousness and fall, for example because you are ill, hot, or shocked.
Word origin
From Old French feint, meaning weak or half-hearted, from feindre, to pretend.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- feindre
- English cognates
- feign, feint
Grammar
Verb typeregular (faint, faints, fainted)
Examples
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To faint is to suddenly stop being awake and fall down.
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Here "faint" is an adjective: feeling weak, as if you might fall.
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As an adjective "faint" can also mean weak and hard to hear or see.
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