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Type Words
Synonyms system of weights
Type of metric, system of measurement
Has types troy weight, avoirdupois weight, avoirdupois, troy
Type Words
Synonyms weightiness
Type of importance
Derivation weighty


his opinion carries great weight.
the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed.
Type Words
Synonyms exercising weight, free weight
Type of sports equipment
Has types barbell, dumbbell
Type Words
Synonyms weighting
Type of coefficient
Type Words
Synonyms burden, burthen, weight down
Type of charge
Has types overburden, plumb, saddle
Type Words
Synonyms angle, slant
Type of predetermine, bias
Type Words
Synonyms weight unit
Type of unit, unit of measurement
Has types apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight, arroba, cattie, catty, crith, frail, last, maund, obolus, oka, picul, pood, rotl, tael, tod, troy unit, welterweight


he placed two weights in the scale pan.
Type Words
Type of artifact, artefact
Has types load, loading, makeweight, sinker, balance, bob, burden, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer, paperweight
Type Words
Type of oppressiveness, oppression
Derivation weighty


bowed down by the weight of responsibility.
Type Words
Type of physical property
Has types heaviness, tare, throw-weight, dead weight, body weight, weightiness, weightlessness, lightness, poundage
Derivation weighty

Examples of weight

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His weight dropped on schedule, with a few spikes during vacations and holidays.
From the stltoday.com
If you've lost weight through Zumba classes or a fitness boot camp, let us know.
From the stltoday.com
The thousands of hours of training in the Port Orange YMCA pool and weight room.
From the news-journalonline.com
He was the one who got me into the weight room and it all snowballed from there.
From the desmoinesregister.com
Eating right and shedding excess weight are critical for long-term heart health.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Those expectations include paying the price in the weight room in the offseason.
From the stltoday.com
It appeared that the weight of snow overloaded the roof of the church gymnasium.
From the democratandchronicle.com
She was up to about 2 pounds in weight, and her mom visited at least once a day.
From the timesunion.com
Another difference is that you have to factor in the weight of hedge-fund money.
From the businessweek.com
More examples
  • Burden: weight down with a load
  • The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
  • Slant: present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
  • 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; "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed"
  • An artifact that is heavy
  • In physics, there are various, nonequivalent definitions of the concept of weight.
  • Weight is the fourth full-length studio album by the Rollins Band, released on April 12, 1994 (see 1994 in music). It featured the band's biggest hits, "Liar" and "Disconnect," which gained rotation on MTV and gained popularity after being featured on Beavis and Butthead. ...
  • In the mathematical field of representation theory, a weight of an algebra A over a field F is an algebra homomorphism from A to F, or equivalently, a one dimensional representation of A over F. It is the algebra analogue of a multiplicative character of a group. ...