Synonyms for carry weight

Grammar : Verb

Spell : weyt

Phonetic Transcription : weɪt

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weigh heavy

Définition of carry 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.

verb have influence

Example sentences :

Thinks his silly title will carry weight in society as it does in the city.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

"Particularly as you are going to carry weight," said Linton, laughing.
Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever

It might vex her for an instant, but it did not carry weight in her estimation of him.
Extract from : « The Law Inevitable » by Louis Couperus

I'm too short in the neck to carry weight and stand excitement.
Extract from : « Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist » by John T. McIntyre

It may be that not enough evidence has been given to carry weight.
Extract from : « Elements of Debating » by Leverett S. Lyon

They are cold, hard, sometimes disconcerting but they carry weight.
Extract from : « The Girl and Her Religion » by Margaret Slattery

But still he seem'd to carry weight,With leathern girdle braced: For all might see the bottle necksStill dangling at his waist.
Extract from : « The Diverting History of John Gilpin » by William Cowper

But if the decisions of those judges were to carry weight, they must be men of unblemished integrity.
Extract from : « The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 5 » by Various

He is a heavy man, and his white horse, adapted to carry weight, was quite unlike any other horse in the neighbourhood.
Extract from : « Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death » by Frederick W. H. Myers

Name a subject on which you can speak with authority, and explain why your testimony on that subject should carry weight.
Extract from : « The Making of Arguments » by J. H. Gardiner

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