weight
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Is weight a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (figurative) Importance or influence.Examples: "I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper."; "Another knight came to settle on the island, a man of much weight and position, on whom the Adelantados of all the island relied, and who was made a magistrate."; ""You surely are a man of some weight around here," I said."countablefigurativelyuncountable
2. (weightlifting) An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.Examples: "He's working out with weights."countableuncountable
3. (lubricants) Viscosity rating.countableuncountable
4. (physics) Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances).countableuncountable
5. (physics, proscribed) Synonym of mass (in general circumstances).Synonyms: masscountableproscribeduncountable
6. (measurement) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).Examples: "I'm the same weight as I was ten years ago."countableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To add weight to something; to make something heavier.transitive
2. (transitive) To add weight to something; to make something heavier.transitive
3. (transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone.transitive
4. (transitive, mathematics) To assign weights to individual statistics.transitive
5. (transitive) To bias something; to slant.Examples: "The criteria governing the choice of candidate were heavily weighted in his favor."; "The U.K. economy is heavily weighted towards the service sector and the coronavirus pandemic could lead to a 10% fall in gross domestic product in the second quarter, according to economists at Jefferies."transitive
6. (transitive, horse racing) To handicap a horse with a specified weight.transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary