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KK Pronunciation

〔 wet 〕

Pronunciation

〔 weit 〕


Overview of noun weight

The noun weight has 8 senses


  • weight -- (the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity)

  • weight, free weight, exercising weight -- (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)

  • weight, weightiness -- (the relative importance granted to something; "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed")

  • weight -- (an artifact that is heavy)

  • weight -- (an oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility")

  • system of weights, weight -- (a system of units used to express the weight of something)

  • weight unit, weight -- (a unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the scale pan")

  • weight, weighting -- ((statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance)


Overview of verb weight

The verb weight has 2 senses


  • burden, burthen, weight, weight down -- (weight down with a load)

  • slant, angle, weight -- (present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders")