fatiguefa‧tigue /fəˈtiːɡ/ ●○○ noun 
Sam’s face was grey with fatigue.from fatigue He’s suffering from physical and mental fatigue.2[uncountable] technical a weakness in metal or wood, caused when it is bent or stretched many times, which is likely to make it break: metal fatigue3fatigues [plural] loose-fitting army clothes
WORD ORIGINfatigue
Origin:
1600-1700 French, Latin fatigare ‘to make tired’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Driving in stressful conditions can lead to muscle fatigue.
- She seemed depressed and was beginning to show signs of fatigue.
- Stoklos was showing signs of fatigue after a difficult game.
- Symptoms of the illness include fever, fatigue, and loss of appetite.
- But nobody who regularly uses the motorway can say they haven't been warned about the dangers of driver fatigue.
- Moreover, fatigue from untreated sleep apnea may lead to motor-vehicle accidents.
- On these occasions, it was said, he was insensible to both fatigue and heat.
- The researchers sought to determine if rest periods would reduce worker fatigue and therefore contribute to increased output across the day.
- This could be regarded as nothing more than fatigue and recovery from fatigue, but it is not.
Longman Language Activatorthe feeling of being tired
· Tiredness and headaches are common signs of stress.· Camomile tea soothes the nerves and relieves tiredness.· A terrible tiredness had overcome her, leaving her no energy for extra activities.
the feeling of being very tired: · The soldiers were suffering from exhaustion after long days and nights of marching.· The signs of chronic exhaustion showed in Martha's face.from/with exhaustion: · One of the players collapsed with exhaustion and had to be carried off the field.
the feeling of wanting to sleep that you sometimes get when you are in a warm place or when you have drunk alcohol or taken medicine: · The drug can cause drowsiness.· Robert stopped fighting the drowsiness and sank back in the soft chair.
a feeling of being very tired and weak - used especially in medical contexts: · Symptoms of the illness include fever, fatigue, and loss of appetite.· Driving in stressful conditions can lead to muscle fatigue.· She seemed depressed and was beginning to show signs of fatigue.
formal extreme tiredness that makes you feel very lazy, so that you do not want to do anything and you are not interested in anything: · Another common symptom of a hangover is lethargy and muscular weakness.· It is not unusual for new mothers to go to the doctor complaining of tiredness, lethargy, and mild depression.
a feeling of tiredness and confusion which you sometimes get when you fly to a part of the world where the time is different from the place you have left: · I always get jet-lag when I fly from London to New York.
when you have worked so hard over a long period of time that you become too mentally and physically tired to continue: · Young boys recruited at an early age by soccer clubs often suffer from burnout before they're out of their teens.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY metal fatigueCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[uncountable] very great tiredness SYN exhaustionwith fatigue metal fatigue (=trousers worn in battles by the armed forces)· He was still dressed in combat fatigues and jungle boots.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Survivors still complain of ailments ranging from breathlessness, chronic fatigue and stomach pain to cardiac problems and tuberculosis.· In fact, very little about chronic fatigue syndrome has achieved medical consensus, not even the name.
· This was due to poor buildings, old machinery and accumulation of mental and physical fatigue because of the unrelenting nature of the activity.· The mental fatigue of computer upgrading.
· This was due to poor buildings, old machinery and accumulation of mental and physical fatigue because of the unrelenting nature of the activity.
NOUN· Across the road, an army conscript in battle fatigues watches.· If battle fatigue sets in, Mr Biedenkopf may have reason for optimism.· You know, battle fatigues - camouflage gear.· An enormous bald headed woman dressed in battle fatigues merged.· A lifeless performance left manager Lennie Lawrence wondering whether his players are suffering battle fatigue after a hectic cup-and-league programme.
· The Clash weren't always into combat fatigues.· He had his throng of child beggars with him, and he was still in his combat fatigues.· She wears faded jeans or combat fatigues.· Both men are in combat fatigues.
· It is not just artistic ephemera which suffer from metal fatigue in the heat of ubiquitous exposure.· Cecilia attributed the marks to some kind of metal fatigue or rust.
· In fact, very little about chronic fatigue syndrome has achieved medical consensus, not even the name.· Chronic fatigue syndrome rarely kills, at least not directly.
VERB· Across the road, an army conscript dressed in battle fatigues watches.· He preferred to dress out in fatigues after the morning exercises, with shined boots.· An enormous bald headed woman dressed in battle fatigues merged.· He was dressed in starched jungle fatigues and polished jungle boots.
· It is not just artistic ephemera which suffer from metal fatigue in the heat of ubiquitous exposure.· Hungry children are four times as likely to suffer from fatigue and to have difficulty concentrating.· When they are withdrawn the patient may suffer fatigue, headache, depression, weakness, and aches and pains.· A spokesman said that Soglo was suffering from fatigue following an attack of typhoid fever.· Also, you will need to be particularly careful with your diet if you are not to suffer from fatigue.· It is no wonder that in March 1943 he was suffering from fatigue which again brought on influenza.· I was bored and lonely; they were suffering from compassion fatigue.· He says some of the M-forty accidents have been a result of drivers suffering from fatigue.
· The man who got out wore baggy cotton fatigues and knee-boots.· They wore army fatigues and played brooding games of gin rummy, listening to dull rumbles from the sabotage site.· This never happens, of course, so poor decisions do surface as the day wears on and fatigue levels increase.· It was the first time we had worn anything but fatigues for two months.· They wore fatigues or business suits, and several came in full combat, gear.· He wore well-pressed fatigues and had the distant look of a doorman in a gold coat outside a new hotel.
Sam’s face was grey with fatigue.from fatigue He’s suffering from physical and mental fatigue.2[uncountable] technical a weakness in metal or wood, caused when it is bent or stretched many times, which is likely to make it break: metal fatigue3fatigues [plural] loose-fitting army clothes