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weight


weight - noun

  • the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
  • 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
  • the relative importance granted to something
  • an artifact that is heavy
  • an oppressive feeling of heavy force
  • a system of units used to express the weight of something
  • a unit used to measure weight
  • (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

    • weight - verb

    • weight down with a load
    • present with a bias

    weight - thesaurus

    angle   burden   burthen   slant   weightiness   weighting  


    View spelling list ei saying /ay/ and learn about the word weight in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 21. The 'I' before 'e' rule – does it work?.

    Scrabble score for weight

    w is 4 e is 1 i is 1 g is 2 h is 4 t is 1
    Scrabble score = 13

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