Meaning & Definition of Weight in English
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Weight
/wet/
noun
1. The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
synonym:
- weight
2. Sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting
- It is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms
synonym:
- weight,
- free weight,
- exercising weight
3. The relative importance granted to something
- "His opinion carries great weight"
- "The progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed"
synonym:
- weight,
- weightiness
4. An artifact that is heavy
synonym:
- weight
5. An oppressive feeling of heavy force
- "Bowed down by the weight of responsibility"
synonym:
- weight
6. A system of units used to express the weight of something
synonym:
- system of weights,
- weight
7. A unit used to measure weight
- "He placed two weights in the scale pan"
synonym:
- weight unit,
- weight
8. (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
synonym:
- weight,
- weighting
verb
1. Weight down with a load
synonym:
- burden,
- burthen,
- weight,
- weight down
2. Present with a bias
- "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
synonym:
- slant,
- angle,
- weight
Examples of using
I've lost a lot of weight since I've been on a diet.
Tom wants to know how he can lose weight.
Tom wants to know how he can gain weight.