heavyweightheav‧y‧weight /ˈheviweɪt/ noun [countable] 
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one of the heavyweights of the movie industry2a boxer who weighs more than 91 kilograms, and who belongs to the heaviest weight class of boxers
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Thesaurus- He was compared to Proust and other literary heavyweights.
- Intellectual heavyweights will be debating what is one of the most important issues or our time.
- political heavyweights
- And just as with the customs men of Miyako, the large, square heavyweights were like children on a holiday.
- He was a huge man in his early thirties who had been for a time a heavyweight boxer.
- He was a thug when he came off the streets with explosive fists to become the youngest heavyweight champ ever.
- I am over six foot tall and a former heavyweight boxing champion.
- In terms of image the heavyweights are the heavyweights.
- Pham Van Dong, perspiring as the heavyweights encircled him, now accepted a partition at the sixteenth parallel.
Longman Language Activatoran important person► important
Collocations an important person has a lot of power or influence: · The school is having some very important visitors next week.· Several important politicians are calling for a change in the laws on gun control.
► leading: leading scientist/politician/company etc a scientist, politician etc who is well-known and successful, and who usually has a lot of influence: · She was one of America's leading athletes.· Some of the world's leading politicians will be meeting in Geneva to discuss disarmament.leading light (=one of the most important and active people in an organization): · Debbie was one of the leading lights in the drama club.
► influential important and having a lot of influence especially in politics or business: · Jacobson's one of the most influential people in New York.· The program has gained the support of several influential businessmen.influential in doing something: · Various groups were influential in shaping public policy.highly influential: · a highly influential member of Hong Kong's banking community
► VIP a very important, famous, or powerful person who is treated with special attention and respect: · The First Lady is expected to be among the many VIPs attending tonight.· The pair had their meeting in the VIP lounge (=room for important people) at Heathrow airport.
► prominent important, well-known, and respected in politics, business, education etc: · Daguerre was a prominent Mexico City lawyer.· The conference was attended by both government officials and prominent academics.· Politicians who are prominent in public life may be at risk from terrorism.
► heavyweight someone who is important because they have a lot of power and experience in a particular business or job: · Intellectual heavyweights will be debating what is one of the most important issues or our time.
► dignitary someone who has an important position in society or in an organization such as a church or government: · Italy's president will be there, with foreign dignitaries including the Prince of Wales.· Most of the local dignitaries attended the event.
► valued: valued friend/worker/customer etc someone who is considered important because they provide a lot of support, business, service etc - used especially in advertisements and business contexts: · I had a letter from William, one of my most valued friends.· The most valued workers in the factory are the technicians.· The company is offering discount to its valued customers.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a heavyweight/middleweight/featherweight etc champion
1someone or something that is very important or has a lot of influence: (=one in a particular class of boxers, organized according to their weight)· Graham's reign as middleweight champion ended last night.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► super· Nobody even gave him much chance of surviving the match for the gold in Greco-Roman wrestling's super heavyweight division.
► undisputed· As a result he is no longer undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
NOUN► boxer· He was a huge man in his early thirties who had been for a time a heavyweight boxer.· Sometimes there were famous guests: heavyweight boxers, film actresses, war heroes, prime ministers.· He was the first heavyweight boxer to win the world championship three times. 2.
► boxing· World heavyweight boxing ends the year much as it started this year and almost every other year - in total chaos.· Willard's restoration of white dominance in heavyweight boxing in 1916 coincided with the re-establishment of the colour line.· Lewis's win provided more than cosmetic surgery to the battered, punch-drunk features of heavyweight boxing.
► champ· The former world heavyweight champ was supposed to write a book documenting his prison experiences but clearly finds fiction more enjoyable.· He was a thug when he came off the streets with explosive fists to become the youngest heavyweight champ ever.· Husband John used to be a professional boxer ... and has beaten former heavyweight champ Joe Bugner on more than one occasion.
► champion· As a result he is no longer undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.· It was the heavyweight champion until the advent of Art Explosion, a production of Nova Development.· Britain's first world heavyweight champion in nearly 100 years he could be stripped of his title almost immediately.· Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion, had his problems with the law.· Viola Angotti could be heavyweight champion of the world.· He presented boxer Jack Johnson when he was heavyweight champion.
► championship· They once had heavyweight championship offenses, but they have grown old.
► division· These days it is hard to say, and not only in the heavyweight division.· The heavyweight division of boxing consists of one great puncher and a string of weak punch lines.· If not a thoroughly convincing victory it further establishes Mason in the heavyweight division and his career will now take definite shape.· Nobody even gave him much chance of surviving the match for the gold in Greco-Roman wrestling's super heavyweight division.
► title· Lennox shouldn't worry that the world heavyweight title is no longer unified.· An Olympic gold medallist in 1960, Ali came to prominence shortly before his assumption of the world heavyweight title in 1964.· They met in Northampton for the first time ever before Saturday's offical world heavyweight title eliminator.
► world· Lennox shouldn't worry that the world heavyweight title is no longer unified.· The former world heavyweight champ was supposed to write a book documenting his prison experiences but clearly finds fiction more enjoyable.· The world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis topped the men's chart with $ 24.5m.· The pre-race hype had been worthy of any world heavyweight boxing match, on a par with Ali and Frazier.· Britain's first world heavyweight champion in nearly 100 years he could be stripped of his title almost immediately.· An Olympic gold medallist in 1960, Ali came to prominence shortly before his assumption of the world heavyweight title in 1964.· They met in Northampton for the first time ever before Saturday's offical world heavyweight title eliminator.· Deaf Sport provided a world heavyweight boxing champion in James Burke.
one of the heavyweights of the movie industry2a boxer who weighs more than 91 kilograms, and who belongs to the heaviest weight class of boxers