weight
//weɪt//
Forms
- Plural
- weights
- present (v1)
- weight
- past (v2)
- weighted
- past participle (v3)
- weighted
- present participle
- weighting
- 3rd person singular
- weights
Definitions
1.The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.
- Do you think I need to lose weight?
- I've put on a little weight.
2.An object used to make something heavier.
- Do you think I need to lose weight?
- I've put on a little weight.
3.A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
- Do you think I need to lose weight?
- I've put on a little weight.
4.Importance or influence.
- "You surely are a man of some weight around here," I said.
- Another knight came to settle on the island, a man of much weight and position, on whom the Adelantados of all the island relied, and who was made a magistrate.
1.To load, burden or oppress someone.
2.To bias something; to slant.
- The criteria governing the choice of candidate were heavily weighted in his favor.
- The U.K. economy is heavily weighted towards the service sector and the coronavirus pandemic could lead to a 10% fall in gross domestic product in the second quarter, according to economists at Jefferies.
3.To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
4.To assign weights to individual statistics.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1049
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English weight, weiȝte, weght, wight, from Old English wiht, ġewiht (“weight”), from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz ("weight"; compare *weganą (“to move”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move; pull; draw; drive”). Equivalent to weigh + -t (abstract nominal suffix).