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weightlifting
(weɪtlɪftɪŋ) also weight-lifting
uncountable noun
Weightlifting is a sport in which the competitor who can lift the heaviest weight wins.
weightlifting in British English
(ˈweɪtˌlɪftɪŋ)
noun
the sport of lifting barbells of specified weights in a prescribed manner for competition or exercise
Derived forms
weightlifter (ˈweightˌlifter) noun
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British English: weightlifting /ˈweɪtˌlɪftɪŋ/ NOUN
Weightlifting is a sport in which the competitor who can lift the heaviest weight wins.
- American English: weightlifting
- Arabic: رَفْعُ الَأثْقَال
- Brazilian Portuguese: levantamento de peso
- Chinese: 举重
- Croatian: dizanje utega
- Czech: vzpírání
- Danish: vægtløftning
- Dutch: gewichtheffen
- European Spanish: halterofilia
- Finnish: painonnosto
- French: haltérophilie
- German: Gewichtheben
- Greek: άρση βαρών
- Italian: sollevamento pesi
- Japanese: 重量挙げ
- Korean: 역도
- Norwegian: vektløfting
- Polish: podnoszenie ciężarów
- European Portuguese: halterofilismo
- Romanian: haltere
- Russian: тяжелая атлетика
- Latin American Spanish: halterofilia
- Swedish: tyngdlyftning
- Thai: การยกน้ำหนัก
- Turkish: ağırlık kaldırma
- Ukrainian: важка атлетика
- Vietnamese: môn cử tạ
Chinese translation of 'weightlifting'
weightlifting
(ˈweɪtlɪftɪŋ)
n (u)
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举(舉)重
(jǔzhòng)