Weight Meaning

There are 10 meaning(s) for word Weight

Meaning 1 : a system of units used to express the weight of something

    Synonyms : system of weights
Meaning 2 : the relative importance granted to something

    Example : his opinion carries great weight,the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed

    Synonyms : weightiness
Meaning 3 : 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

    Synonyms : exercising weight,  free weight
Meaning 4 : (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

    Synonyms : weighting
Meaning 5 : weight down with a load

    Synonyms : burden,  burthen,  weight down
Meaning 6 : present with a bias

    Synonyms : angle,  slant
Meaning 7 : a unit used to measure weight

    Example : he placed two weights in the scale pan

    Synonyms : weight unit
Meaning 8 : an artifact that is heavy

Meaning 9 : an oppressive feeling of heavy force

    Example : bowed down by the weight of responsibility

Meaning 10 : the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity

How to Pronounce Weight

  • weɪt