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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : weyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : weɪt |
Definition of weight
Origin :- Old English gewiht, from Proto-Germanic *(ga)wekhtiz, *(ga)wekhtjan (cf. Old Norse vætt, Old Frisian wicht, Middle Dutch gewicht, German Gewicht), from *weg- (see weigh). The verb meaning "to load with weight" is attested from 1747; sense in statistics is recorded from 1901. To lose weight "get thinner" is recorded from 1961. Weight Watcher as a trademark name dates from 1960. To pull one's weight (1921) is from rowing.
- noun heaviness
- noun something used to measure heaviness
- noun importance
- noun burden
- The whole rested on a golden image of Atlas, bending beneath the weight.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- At first the solid blackness seemed to lay a weight on their foreheads.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Their weight was too great not to count, but it counted first this way and then that.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- First he shifted to one foot, and then he shifted his weight to the other.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- It squeaked under his weight, he felt the rungs bow and tremble.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The weight on my mind was removed, and I felt happy and thankful.
- Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
- It haunted him every moment, and added to the weight of sorrow which seemed crushing him.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- Your wife can have her Trine back again; and tell her she was worth her weight in gold.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- And I say, Sandy, what's the weight of that old-fashioned bar of iron you have in your hands?
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- "He's as good as we could make him," answered the Trainer, as he adjusted the weight cloth.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
Synonyms for weight
- access
- adiposity
- albatross
- anchor
- authority
- avoirdupois
- ball and chain
- ballast
- bob
- burden
- charge
- clout
- connection
- consequence
- consideration
- counterbalance
- counterpoise
- counterweight
- credit
- cumber
- cumbrance
- deadweight
- density
- duty
- effectiveness
- efficacy
- emphasis
- encumbrance
- excess baggage
- forcefulness
- forcibleness
- G-factor
- gravity
- gross
- heft
- heftiness
- impact
- import
- influence
- load
- magnitude
- mass
- measurement
- millstone
- moment
- momentousness
- net
- onus
- oppression
- pendulum
- persuasiveness
- pith
- plumb
- plumb bob
- ponderosity
- ponderousness
- potency
- poundage
- power
- powerfulness
- pressure
- prestige
- pull
- responsibility
- rock
- sandbag
- significance
- signification
- sinker
- stone
- strain
- substance
- sway
- task
- tax
- tonnage
- value
- weightiness
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