Definition of weight

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  • weight is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 13
  • weight is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 13
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Definition of weight

  • a system of units used to express the weight of something (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. system of weights
  • the relative importance granted to something (noun)

    Examples

    1. his opinion carries great weight
    2. the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed

    Synonyms

    1. weightiness
  • 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 (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. exercising weight
    2. free weight
  • (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. weighting
  • weight down with a load (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. burden
    2. burthen
    3. weight down
  • present with a bias (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. angle
    2. slant
  • a unit used to measure weight (noun)

    Examples

    1. he placed two weights in the scale pan

    Synonyms

    1. weight unit
  • an artifact that is heavy (noun)
  • an oppressive feeling of heavy force (noun)

    Examples

    1. bowed down by the weight of responsibility
  • the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity (noun)

See definition of weight in Merriam Webster