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weight
- pronunciation:
- weIt
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- phrases:
- carry weight, pull one's weight
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the heaviness of an object, esp. as expressed in terms of a recognized system of measurement.
- synonyms:
- heaviness
- similar words:
- bulk, gravity, heft, poundage, size
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| definition 2: |
a unit or system of units by which a degree of heaviness is measured.
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| definition 3: |
a specified amount of heaviness.
a five-pound weight- similar words:
- burden, load, measure
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| definition 4: |
the property or condition of being heavy.
- synonyms:
- heaviness, weightiness
- similar words:
- density, immensity, substance
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| definition 5: |
an object whose usefulness depends on its being heavy.
paper weight
- similar words:
- ballast, bob, paperweight, plumb, plummet, sinker
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| definition 6: |
a psychological burden.
the weight of her grief- synonyms:
- burden, load, pressure
- similar words:
- affliction, care, cross, encumbrance, freight, impediment, millstone, onus, responsibility, strain, stress, trial, worry
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| definition 7: |
the greatest or most influential part.
the weight of the evidence- synonyms:
- body, preponderance
- similar words:
- emphasis, essence, gist, majority, mass, substance
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| definition 8: |
importance; influence.
- synonyms:
- importance, influence, moment, significance
- similar words:
- authority, concern, consequence, emphasis, gravity, import, magnitude, meaning, pith, power, strength, substance, sway, value
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| related words: |
depth, effect, influence, mass, moment, pressure, pull, tax, yoke |
| phrase: |
carry weight |
| phrase: |
pull one's weight |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
weighted, weighting, weights |
| definition 1: |
to make heavier.
- synonyms:
- weigh down
- similar words:
- ballast
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| definition 2: |
to load or burden.
- synonyms:
- burden, weigh down
- similar words:
- encumber, freight, hamper, load, saddle, tax, trouble
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| definition 3: |
to give an advantage, emphasis, or bias to.
- synonyms:
- slant, stress
- similar words:
- bias, emphasize, handicap, load
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The words weight and wait sound alike but have different meanings.
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