faint

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Pronunciation[change]

Verb[change]

Plain form
faint

Third-person singular
faints

Past tense
fainted

Past participle
fainted

Present participle
fainting

  1. (intransitive) When someone faints, they suddenly become unconscious and cannot be woken up easily.
    Get help quick! Someone has fainted here!
    Under a hot sun, humans faint easily.

Adjective[change]

Positive
faint

Comparative
fainter

Superlative
faintest

  1. When something is faint, it is not clear, very small.
    The writing was faint.