weight

measurement of heaviness or mass: I was dismayed by how much weight I had gained.
Not to be confused with:wait – postpone; linger; remain; stay: Wait with me for the bus.

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W0010000 (wāt)n. Abbr. wt. or w1. A measure of the heaviness of an object: a contest to guess the weight of a pig.2. The force with which a body is attracted to Earth or another celestial body, equal to the product of the object's mass and the acceleration of gravity.3. a. A unit measure of gravitational force: a table of weights and measures.b. A system of such measures: avoirdupois weight; troy weight.4. An object used principally to exert a force by virtue of its gravitational attraction to Earth, especially:a. A metallic solid used as a standard of comparison in weighing.b. An object used to hold something else down.c. A counterbalance in a machine.d. Sports A heavy object, such as a dumbbell, lifted for exercise or in athletic competition.5. Excessive fat; corpulence: exercising in order to lose weight.6. Statistics A factor assigned to a number in a computation, as in determining an average, to increase or decrease the number's effect on the computation, reflecting its importance.7. Oppressiveness; pressure: the weight of responsibilities.8. The greater part; preponderance: The weight of the evidence is against the defendant.9. a. Influence, importance, or authority: Her approval carried great weight. See Synonyms at importance.b. Ponderous quality: the weight of the speaker's words.10. Sports A classification according to comparative lightness or heaviness. Often used in combination: a heavyweight boxer.11. a. The heaviness or thickness of a fabric in relation to a particular season or use. Often used in combination: a summerweight jacket.b. A measure of the relative thickness of yarn.tr.v. weight·ed, weight·ing, weights 1. To make heavy or heavier: Our backpacks were weighted down with food and other essentials.2. To cause to feel concerned, sad, or preoccupied; burden or oppress: He was weighted with guilt.3. To increase the weight or body of (fabrics) by treating with chemicals.4. Statistics To assign weights or a weight to.5. To cause to have a slant or bias: weighted the rules in favor of homeowners.6. Sports To assign to (a horse) the weight it must carry as a handicap in a race.Idioms: by weight According to weight rather than volume or other measure. make weight Sports To weigh within the limits stipulated for an athletic contest.

[Middle English wight, from Old English wiht; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]

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(weɪt) n1. a measure of the heaviness of an object; the amount anything weighs2. (General Physics) physics the vertical force experienced by a mass as a result of gravitation. It equals the mass of the body multiplied by the acceleration of free fall. Its units are units of force (such as newtons or poundals) but it is often given as a mass unit (kilogram or pound). Symbol: W 3. (Units) a system of units used to express the weight of a substance: troy weight. 4. (Units) a unit used to measure weight: the kilogram is the weight used in the metric system. 5. any mass or heavy object used to exert pressure or weigh down6. an oppressive force: the weight of cares. 7. any heavy load: the bag was such a weight. 8. the main or greatest force: preponderance: the weight of evidence. 9. importance, influence, or consequence: his opinion carries weight. 10. (Statistics) statistics one of a set of coefficients assigned to items of a frequency distribution that are analysed in order to represent the relative importance of the different items11. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing the apparent blackness of a printed typeface12. (Recreational Drugs) slang a pound of a drug, esp cannabis13. pull one's weight informal to do one's full or proper share of a task14. throw one's weight around informal to act in an overauthoritarian or aggressive mannervb (tr) 15. to add weight to16. to burden or oppress17. to add importance, value, etc, to one side rather than another; bias; favour: a law weighted towards landlords. 18. (Statistics) statistics to attach a weight or weights to19. (Textiles) to make (fabric, threads, etc) heavier by treating with mineral substances, etc[Old English wiht; related to Old Frisian, Middle Dutch wicht, Old Norse vētt, German Gewicht] ˈweighter n

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n. 1. the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs. 2. the force that gravitation exerts upon a body, equal to the mass of the body times the local acceleration of gravity. 3. a system of units for expressing heaviness or mass: avoirdupois weight. 4. a unit of heaviness or mass, as the pound. 5. a body of determinate mass, as of metal, for using on a balance or scale in weighing objects, substances, etc. 6. a specific quantity of a substance that is determined by weighing or that weighs a fixed amount. 7. any heavy load, mass, or object. 8. excess fat; corpulence: to lose weight. 9. an object used or useful solely because of its heaviness: the weights of a clock. 10. a mental or moral burden, as of care, sorrow, or responsibility. 11. importance, moment, consequence, or effective influence: an opinion of great weight. 12. a. a barbell, dumbbell, or similar heavy apparatus lifted or held for exercise, body building, or in athletic competition. b. a replaceable metal disk of specific heaviness fastened to each end of a barbell. 13. a measure of the relative importance of an item in a statistical population. 14. (of clothing, textiles, etc.) relative heaviness or thickness as related to general or seasonal use (often used in combination): a winter-weight jacket. 15. (of type) the degree of blackness or boldness. 16. (esp. in boxing) a division or class to which a contestant or competitor belongs according to body weight. 17. the total amount the jockey, saddle, and leads must weigh on a racehorse during a race. v.t. 18. to add weight to; load with additional weight. 19. to load (fabrics, threads, etc.) with mineral or other matter to increase the weight or bulk. 20. to burden with or as if with weight (often fol. by down). 21. to give a statistical weight to. 22. to bias or slant toward a particular goal or direction; manipulate. 23. to assign (a racehorse) a specific weight to carry in a race. Idioms: 1. carry weight, to have importance or significance; influence. 2. pull one's (own) weight, to contribute one's share of work to a project or job. 3. throw one's weight around or about, to use one's power and influence, esp. improperly for personal gain. [before 1000; Middle English (n.); Old English (ge)wiht (c. Middle High German gewichte, Old Norse vētt); see weigh, -th¹] weight′er, n.

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(wāt)1. The force with which an object near the Earth or another celestial body is attracted toward the center of the body by gravity. An object's weight depends on its mass (the amount of matter it consists of) and the strength of the gravitational pull. On Earth, for example, an object weighs less at the top of a very high mountain than it does at sea level, simply because the gravitational pull at the top of the mountain is lower than it is at sea level.2. A unit used as a measure of gravitational force: a table of weights and measures.3. A system of such measures: avoirdupois weight; troy weight.Usage It's easy to convert pounds into kilograms: just multiply the number of pounds by .45 (or if you want greater precision, use .4536). But no matter how many times you do this conversion, you will always be making a mistake, because a pound is a unit of force, while a kilogram is a unit of mass. A pound is a measure of the force that a gravitational field exerts on an object. As such, a pound is a unit of weight, not of mass. An object's mass is its ability to resist changes in the speed or direction of its motion, and it is always the same regardless of what forces are acting upon it. If you were walking on the moon, for example, your mass would be the same as it is on the Earth, but your weight would be one sixth of what it is on the Earth because of the lower gravitational pull of the moon. If this is so, you might ask, how can my science teacher ask me to convert pounds into kilograms? When we make such conversions, we are assuming that the object in question is on the Earth, at sea level, where the conversion factor works for all practical purposes.

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an unidentified group, used to counter or support arguments.Examples: weight of affection, 1587; of argument, 1787; of judgement, 1787; of opinion.

weight

Past participle: weighted
Gerund: weighting

Imperative
weight
weight

Present
I weight
you weight
he/she/it weights
we weight
you weight
they weight

Preterite
I weighted
you weighted
he/she/it weighted
we weighted
you weighted
they weighted

Present Continuous
I am weighting
you are weighting
he/she/it is weighting
we are weighting
you are weighting
they are weighting

Present Perfect
I have weighted
you have weighted
he/she/it has weighted
we have weighted
you have weighted
they have weighted

Past Continuous
I was weighting
you were weighting
he/she/it was weighting
we were weighting
you were weighting
they were weighting

Past Perfect
I had weighted
you had weighted
he/she/it had weighted
we had weighted
you had weighted
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Future
I will weight
you will weight
he/she/it will weight
we will weight
you will weight
they will weight

Future Perfect
I will have weighted
you will have weighted
he/she/it will have weighted
we will have weighted
you will have weighted
they will have weighted

Future Continuous
I will be weighting
you will be weighting
he/she/it will be weighting
we will be weighting
you will be weighting
they will be weighting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been weighting
you have been weighting
he/she/it has been weighting
we have been weighting
you have been weighting
they have been weighting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been weighting
you will have been weighting
he/she/it will have been weighting
we will have been weighting
you will have been weighting
they will have been weighting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been weighting
you had been weighting
he/she/it had been weighting
we had been weighting
you had been weighting
they had been weighting

Conditional
I would weight
you would weight
he/she/it would weight
we would weight
you would weight
they would weight

Past Conditional
I would have weighted
you would have weighted
he/she/it would have weighted
we would have weighted
you would have weighted
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weight

The pull of gravity on an object. Weight is measured in newtons.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	weight - the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravityphysical property - any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactionsbody weight - the weight of a person's bodydead weight - a heavy motionless weightheaviness, weightiness - the property of being comparatively great in weight; "the heaviness of lead"poundage - weight expressed in poundstare - the weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargothrow-weight - the weight of the payload of a missile (not including the weight of the rocket)weightlessness, lightness - the property of being comparatively small in weight; "the lightness of balsa wood"
	2.	weight - 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 armsexercising weight, free weightbarbell - a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightliftingdumbbell - an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handlesports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport
	3.	weight - the relative importance granted to something; "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed"weightinessimportance - the quality of being important and worthy of note; "the importance of a well-balanced diet"
	4.	weight - an artifact that is heavyartefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a wholebob - a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a stringcounterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer, balance - a weight that balances another weightload, loading, burden - weight to be borne or conveyedmakeweight - a weight added to the scale to reach a required weightpaperweight - a weight used to hold down a stack of paperssinker - a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water)
	5.	weight - an oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility"oppressiveness, oppression - a feeling of being oppressed
	6.	weight - a system of units used to express the weight of somethingsystem of weightssystem of measurement, metric - a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristicavoirdupois, avoirdupois weight - a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)troy, troy weight - a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains
	7.	weight - a unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the scale pan"weight unitunit, unit of measurement - any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange; "the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume"troy unit - any of the unit of the troy system of weightsapothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight - any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ouncesarroba - a unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countriescattie, catty - any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)crith - the weight of a liter of hydrogen (at 0 centigrade and 760 millimeters pressure)frail - the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 poundslast - a unit of weight equal to 4,000 poundsmaund - a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries; "the official maund in India is 82.6 pounds avoirdupois"obolus - a Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gramoka - a Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 poundspicul - a unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry)pood - a Russian unit of weight equal to approximately 36 poundsrotl - a unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean; varies between one and five poundstael - a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ouncestod - a unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 poundswelterweight - a weight of 28 pounds; sometimes imposed as a handicap in a horse race (such as a steeplechase)
	8.	weight - (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importanceweightingstatistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameterscoefficient - a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic
Verb	1.	weight - weight down with a load burden, burthen, weight downoverburden - load with excessive weightplumb - weight with leadcharge - fill or load to capacity; "charge the wagon with hay"saddle - load or burden; encumber; "he saddled me with that heavy responsibility"
	2.	weight - present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"slant, anglebias, predetermine - cause to be biased

weight

noun1. heaviness, mass, burden, poundage, pressure, load, gravity, tonnage, heft (informal), avoirdupois Try to reduce the weight of the load.2. load, mass, ballast, heavy object Straining to lift heavy weights can cause back injury.3. importance, force, power, moment, value, authority, influence, bottom, impact, import, muscle, consequence, substance, consideration, emphasis, significance, sway, clout (informal), leverage, efficacy, mana (N.Z.), persuasiveness That argument no longer carries much weight.4. burden, pressure, load, strain, oppression, albatross, millstone, encumbrance He heaved a sigh of relief. `That's a great weight off my mind.'5. preponderance, mass, bulk, main body, most, majority, onus, lion's share, greatest force, main force, best or better part The weight of evidence suggests that he is guilty.verb1. (often with down) load, ballast, make heavier The body was weighted down with bricks.2. bias, load, slant, unbalance The electoral law is still heavily weighted in favour of the ruling party.3. burden, handicap, oppress, impede, weigh down, encumber, overburden His life was a struggle, weighted with failures and disappointments.

Weights and measures

Imperial system

Linear
mile, furlong, rod, yard, foot, inch, mil	Square
square mile, acre, square rod, square yard, square foot, square inch	Weight
ton, hundredweight, stone, pound, ounce	Land
square mile, acre, square rod, square yard	Volume
cubic yard, cubic foot, cubic inch	Liquid volume
gallon, quart, pint, fluid ounce

Metric system

Linear
kilometre, metre, centimetre, millimetre	Square
square kilometre, square metre, square centimetre, square millimetre	Weight
tonne, kilogram, gram	Land
square kilometre, hectare, are	Volume
cubic metre, cubic decimetre, cubic centimetre, cubic millimetre	Liquid volume
litre, millilitre

weight

noun1. The state or quality of being physically heavy:heaviness, heftiness, massiveness, ponderosity, ponderousness, weightiness.Informal: avoirdupois.2. A duty or responsibility that is a source of anxiety, worry, or hardship:burden, millstone, onus, tax.Informal: headache.3. The greatest part or portion:bulk, mass, preponderance, preponderancy.4. The power to produce an effect by indirect means:influence, leverage, sway.Informal: clout.Slang: pull.5. Effective means of influencing, compelling, or punishing:force, power.Informal: clout, muscle.6. The quality or state of being important:concern, concernment, consequence, import, importance, moment, significance, significancy, weightiness.verbTo place a burden or heavy load on:burden, charge, cumber, encumber, freight, lade, load, saddle, tax.

Translations

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weigh

(wei) verb1. to find the heaviness of (something) by placing it on a scale. He weighed himself on the bathroom scales; You must have your luggage weighed at the airport.称重2. to be equal to in heaviness. This parcel weighs one kilo; How much / What does this box weigh?重达3. to be a heavy burden to. She was weighed down with two large suitcases. 成为（某人）的负担 weight (weit) noun1. the amount which a person or thing weighs. He's put on a lot of weight (= got much fatter) over the years.重量2. a piece of metal etc of a standard weight. seven-pound weight.砝码3. a heavy object, especially one for lifting as a sport. He lifts weights to develop his muscles.重物4. burden; load. You have taken a weight off my mind. 负担，负荷 5. importance. Her opinion carries a lot of weight.重要性 verb1. to attach, or add, a weight or weights to. The plane is weighted at the nose so that it balances correctly in flight.加重量于2. to hold down by attaching weights. They weighted the balloon to prevent it from flying away.加重量ˈweightless adjective not affected by the earth's gravity pull. The astronauts became weightless on going into orbit round the earth. 失重的，无重力的 ˈweightlessness noun 失重，无重力 ˈweighty adjective1. important. a weighty reason.重要的2. heavy. 重的ˈweightily adverb重压地ˈweightiness noun重压ˈweighing-machine noun a (public) machine for weighing people, loads etc; a scale. I weighed myself on the weighing-machine at the railway station. 体重计，称重机 ˈweightlifting noun the sport of lifting weights. 举重weigh anchor to lift a ship's anchor in preparation for sailing. 起锚weigh in to find one's weight before a fight, after a horse-race etc ( ˈweigh-in) noun称体重weigh out to measure out by weighing. He weighed out six kilos of sand.称出weigh up to calculate, estimate; to consider. He weighed up his chances of success. 估量，称

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measure of the force of gravity on a body (see gravitationgravitation,
the attractive force existing between any two particles of matter. The Law of Universal Gravitation

Since the gravitational force is experienced by all matter in the universe, from the largest galaxies down to the smallest particles, it is often called
..... Click the link for more information. ). Since the weights of different bodies at the same location are proportional to their masses, weight is often used as a measure of massmass,
in physics, the quantity of matter in a body regardless of its volume or of any forces acting on it. The term should not be confused with weight, which is the measure of the force of gravity (see gravitation) acting on a body.
..... Click the link for more information. . However, the two are not the same; mass is a measure of the amount of matter present in a body and thus has the same value at different locations, and weight varies depending upon the location of the body in the earth's gravitational field (or the gravitational field of some other astronomical body). A given body will have the same mass on the earth and on the moon, but its weight on the moon will be only about 16% of the weight as measured on the earth. The distinction between weight and mass is further confused by the use of the same units to measure both—the pound, the gram, or the kilogram. One pound of weight, or force, is the force necessary at a given location to accelerate a one-pound mass at a rate equal to the acceleration of gravity at that location (about 32 ft per sec per sec). Similar relationships hold between the gram of force and the gram of mass and between the kilogram of force and the kilogram of mass.

Weight

The gravitational weight of a body is the force with which the Earth attracts the body. By extension, the term is also used for the attraction of the Sun or a planet on a nearby body. This force is proportional to the body's mass and depends on the location. Because the distance from the surface to the center of the Earth decreases at higher latitudes, and because the centrifugal force of the Earth's rotation is greatest at the Equator, the observed weight of a body is smallest at the Equator and largest at the poles. The difference is sizable, about 1 part in 300. At a given location, the weight of a body is highest at the surface of the Earth. Weight is measured by several procedures. See Mass

weight

The force experienced by a body on the surface of a planet, natural satellite, etc., that results from the gravitational force (directed towards the center of the planet, satellite, etc.) acting on the body. A body of mass m has a weight mg , where g is the acceleration of gravity.

Weight

the force with which a body at rest in a gravitational field acts on a suspension or horizontal support that obstructs the body’s free fall. The weight of a body P is numerically equal to the gravitational force acting upon it—that is, P = mg, where m is the mass of the body and g is the acceleration of free fall (or the acceleration of gravity). Since the mass of a body is a constant quantity (under ordinary conditions), but the value g changes on earth with latitude and altitude above sea level, the weight of a body changes correspondingly. At the same time the value g, as well as the weight, depends on the acceleration caused by the rotation of the earth around its axis; for this reason, the weight of a body at the equator is 1/288 less than at the poles.

Within a small field near the earth’s surface the value g may be considered constant and the weight of a body may be considered proportional to its mass. This assumption is used for measuring the mass of bodies by weighing them on beam balances; here the value g for the weighed body and the balance weight are considered identical. Spring balances measure the weight of a body; to determine mass when using them, it is necessary to know in addition the value of g at the point of weighing. Weight and mass are different physical quantities that cannot be considered identical; they are measured in different units—weight in units of force (newtons, kilograms-force, tons-force, and others); and mass in units of mass (kilograms, grams, tons, and so on).

A body immersed in a liquid or gas medium is acted upon, in addition to the force of gravity, by Archimedes’ force, which is equal to the weight of the displaced volume of the medium. For this reason, for example, a spring balance will show a lesser weight in an air medium than in a vacuum; for beam balances the differences in indications will depend on the ratio of the density of the balance weight to that of the weighed body.

A body at rest in an elevator that is moving vertically with an acceleration w will act on the floor of the elevator with a force F = m(g ± w) (plus sign when moving upward, minus sign downward), which is equivalent to an increase (overload) or decrease in weight. During free fall of the elevator (w = g), weightlessness occurs; such a state occurs for any body that is moving freely and progressively in a gravitational field (a rocket, satellite, and so on).

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What does it mean when you dream about a weight?

Being weighed down in a dream may indicate that the dreamer is waiting for someone or something to change before they can feel unburdened in their life. Lightness, alternatively, often represents lighter, or more positive, emotions.

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[wāt] (mathematics) The unique nonnegative integer assigned to an edge or arc in a network or directed network. The sum of the weights (first definition) of all the arcs in an s-t cut. The nonnegative integer assigned to a vertex in a generalized s-t network. The sum of the weights of all the arcs and vertices in a generalized s-t cut. (mechanics) The gravitational force with which the earth attracts a body. By extension, the gravitational force with which a star, planet, or satellite attracts a nearby body.

weight

1. Physics the vertical force experienced by a mass as a result of gravitation. It equals the mass of the body multiplied by the acceleration of free fall. Its units are units of force (such as newtons or poundals) but is often given as a mass unit (kilogram or pound). 2. a system of units used to express the weight of a substance 3. a unit used to measure weight

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noun the state or quality of being physically heavy

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noun a duty or responsibility that is a source of anxiety, worry, or hardship

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noun the greatest part or portion

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noun the power to produce an effect by indirect means

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noun effective means of influencing, compelling, or punishing

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noun the quality or state of being important

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verb to place a burden or heavy load on

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noun the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity

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noun sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting

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noun the relative importance granted to something

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noun an artifact that is heavy

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noun an oppressive feeling of heavy force

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