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Definition of lightweight in English: lightweightnounˈlʌɪtweɪtˈlaɪtˌweɪt 1mass noun A weight in boxing and other sports intermediate between featherweight and welterweight. In the amateur boxing scale it ranges from 57 to 60 kg. Example sentencesExamples - The Worlds allow one entrant per division per country, while the World Games are one men's lightweight, middleweight and heavyweight per continent.
- The first two categories of Men's Open, lightweight and middleweight, are won by default.
- I think Sanchez may have hit the wall at lightweight like Arguello did at junior welterweight.
- America has won eight lightweight seven middleweight and eight heavyweight medals - 10 of which are gold.
- It wasn't as easy as predicted, but the Mexican lightweight backed up his words using quickness and ring savvy to punish and befuddle hometown hero, Gary Balletto.
- Nor did he wait until the undefeated Freitas moved up to lightweight.
- The merciless street-fighter known as the ‘fists of stone’ went on to win world titles at lightweight, welterweight and light middleweight.
- Henry Armstrong held world titles at featherweight, lightweight and welterweight simultaneously and won 150 fights.
- 1.1count noun A lightweight boxer or other competitor.
Example sentencesExamples - In other weight divisions, lightweight Nick Yonezuka and middleweight Kenna Heffernan were both eliminated in the first round.
- A victory over the undefeated Juan Diaz or a Juan Lazcano will certainly put Freitas back in the mix as one of the best lightweights.
- With all that said, there's no feasible argument that can detract Floyd Mayweather as the undisputed champion of the lightweights.
- The men's squad and the lightweights competed at the second World Cup in Lucerne and took away a gold in the lightweight men's four and bronze in the men's eight.
- Withdrawing a day before the start of racing means they will first compete as lightweights for 2004 at Athens.
- For one thing he was up against guys who had had a leg blown off by a landmine or something, and so became lightweights instead of middleweights, but he probably would have lost anyway.
- Only one boxer, Amir Khan, the young lightweight from Bolton, has earned a place in Athens by right.
- The 21-year-old lightweight's first bout was against Simon Tobias of Woking.
- Well, basically, the people that know me know that the majority of my fights have been as a lightweight.
- It's a measure of how far the young Bury Amateur Boxing Club lightweight has come over the past two weeks that he looked disappointed after losing to Cuban maestro Mario Kindelan.
- Ten wrestlers (three lightweights, four middleweights and three heavyweights) took to the dohyo with yours truly refereeing.
- The Bradford lightweight is due in front of the British Boxing Board of Control on August 11 when he is likely to be handed a lengthy ban over his comments surrounding the second Graham Earl fight.
- Corrales is now the king of the lightweights and there is no reason to suspect that a second Freitas-Corrales fight would end any different.
- Now I have some great, great fighters coming up, a couple of good middleweights, a couple lightweights, I have some terrific young ladies that are coming up in the amateurs.
- Sabo was heavily favored to dominate the lightweights in this competition.
- As a lightweight, he carried a pretty solid wallop to go along with his uncanny ring generalship.
- Two heavyweights will go the distance, while lightweights will knock each other down after only a few punches.
- He will be ready to test himself tomorrow against one of the best lightweights in the world.
2A person or thing that is lightly built or constructed. Example sentencesExamples - Their fleece socks range from lightweight, warm-weather styles to heavy-duty socks designed for really cold days in the field.
- The heavyweights carried 150-pound dumbbells and the lightweights carried 125-pound dumbbells.
- No matter how lightweight you may be, little girl, there's absolutely nothing this gust of wind could do to you other than knock you to the ground!
- However, such strength means that the car is no lightweight and the 1.4 HDi tips the scales at almost 1200 kg empty.
- Although Flash produces impressive graphics, it is only 350 kilobytes in size - lightweight enough to be downloaded in 30 seconds on a slow dial-up link.
- They would need to be lightweight too - the weight of that much steel cable would be immense.
- With their limited lifting capacity and unreliable engines, airplanes could best be employed in carrying lightweight, high-value cargo.
- The kittens are no lightweights either, being about 5kg in weight by the time they are only two months old, and having already attained the weight of around 45 kg by the time they are a year old.
- Caterham is the pre-eminent sports car manufacturer in its sector producing lightweight, affordable road and racecars with supercar performance.
- These are lightweight and have a relatively short range.
- 2.1informal A person of little importance or influence, especially in a particular sphere.
he was regarded as a political lightweight Example sentencesExamples - It is likely to be a slim volume, more in keeping with its author: a political lightweight.
- Despite his victory in South Carolina, presidential candidate George W Bush is still something of a political lightweight.
- Despite his seemingly insurmountable hurdles, by most accounts he is considered a political lightweight.
- The trumpeter, Fred Mills, is an alumnus of the Canadian Brass, and even he seems determined to add weight to a work often dismissed as lightweight.
- Suggesting that Cameron was a political lightweight, Davis's allies insisted that their man ‘can actually put some meat on the bones’.
- The Labor Senators don't come in as a naïve group of political lightweights.
- The group is musically the more adventurous, but their lyrics seem a little lightweight compared to the in-yer-face political consciousness of their peers.
- He was always a lightweight in her affections, although the competition with Kathy gave him a great deal more importance than he deserved.
- Several non-entities and lightweights lacking administrative acumen and political standing were pitchforked into the office of Chief Minister.
- One shouldn't write him oft as a lightweight formalist, however: with his choice of subject matter, the sculptor clearly aims at some elemental themes.
- Following a bout of media bashing, one of Britain's most popular entertainers, Les Dennis, proves he is no lightweight with a knock-out new show, An Evening With.
- The Prime Minister himself may be a political lightweight in comparison to many of the African leaders with whom he has to deal, but he has the weight of generations of experience behind him.
- A political lightweight, he lacked the muscle or guile to stand up to opponents in the Treasury who opposed rearmament.
- Known as a political lightweight, Mori's popularity has slumped after a string of verbal blunders and the resignation of two of his cabinet ministers over scandals.
Synonyms nonentity, nobody, nothing, lightweight, cipher, second-rater, amateur
adjectiveˈlʌɪtweɪtˈlaɪtˌweɪt 1Of thin material or build and weighing less than average. Example sentencesExamples - Affixed to the bottom of the bodice, directly on the hips, was a thin, lightweight piece of material that barely reached my knees.
- Body panels are made of aluminium or other lightweight materials.
- Prefabricated, modular buildings to be made from steel and other lightweight materials might just help with the recovery effort in the south.
- The chairs are custom built out of lightweight aluminum.
- Many summer suits are made of tropical wool since it's a lightweight material
- They come in a wide range of colors, are lightweight, and are more sanitary than most other types of counters, retaining less moisture and therefore less bacteria.
- A rescue team engineer said the toll in the explosion could have been lower if the factory had been built using modern, lightweight materials instead of concrete.
- Do you sell or know where I can find a replacement 222 mm crankset in aluminum or other lightweight durable material?
- Stuff the bottom of the sap bucket, if necessary, with packing peanuts, moss, a ball of newspaper or other lightweight material.
- Kevin previously had made up plans and costings for prefabricated, modular buildings to be made from steel and other lightweight materials, but had never put his plans into action.
- In building a car, do you use lightweight materials so that it is zippy, but a deathtrap in an accident?
- Modern aircraft are sophisticated and often built from highly stressed, lightweight materials.
- In 1965 he used some aluminium tubing, a piece of canvas and lightweight wheels to build a prototype.
- Based at the Hall House Industrial Estate, near Kendal, he makes bespoke performance silencers for offroad racing bikes, using lightweight materials such as carbon fibre and titanium.
- His early work was predominantly in fairly lightweight materials, including wood and mixed media, and was often brightly coloured, but in the late 1980s he changed direction.
- He said specially designed lightweight roof material would giving a light, airy environment which people could walk through.
- The two-seat body structure is crafted from sophisticated materials such as lightweight alloys, magnesium and advanced composites.
- It's available in standard weight, lightweight, and ultra-lite configurations.
- Their new M5 series of laptops use lightweight carbon-fibre materials, and their W1 laptop actually has a subwoofer built in for rocking audio.
- He's 11 years old and, at a recent check up, the vet said he was a perfect weight - despite seeming a little lightweight - and that most cats are massively overweight.
- Built by BMW's M division as a study of lightweight materials, the car is unfortunately not destined for production.
- The advances in these two technologies have enabled TV makers to build thin, lightweight TV screens with a large picture area.
- Made from a single piece of lightweight material, fisherman's pants could be mistaken for enormous nappies.
- Torque Screwdrivers Are Designed for User Comfort Torque screwdrivers have lightweight, compact housings to ensure operator comfort.
- ‘It's lightweight, so it absorbed quickly into my skin without leaving a greasy residue,’ one tester said.
Synonyms thin, light, flimsy, insubstantial summery feathery, airy, delicate, fine, floaty, gauzy, sheer, gossamer, diaphanous, transparent, translucent, see-through 2Lacking seriousness, depth, or influence. the film was entertaining, if rather lightweight Example sentencesExamples - While never less than good, laden with charming, understated melodies and beautifully turned lyrics, some of the album feels lightweight by comparison with Cave's back catalogue.
- Veterans like Voight, Keitel and Plummer are little more than a side salad, but they all help lend some weight and gravity to a lightweight, family-friendly lark.
- Old favourite ‘Light a Fire’ is deliciously melodic, though manages to sound lightweight compared to the martial rhythms and shouted dual vocals of newer numbers.
- In his low-key documentary, Blitz has succeeded in creating drama out of everyday life that is highly absorbing, despite it's lightweight subject matter.
- With this combination, the viewer can follow up the more serious film with the relatively lightweight one.
- The result is a lightweight source of entertainment that maximizes humor and minimizes serious stuff.
Synonyms trivial, insubstantial, trifling, frothy, superficial, shallow, unintellectual, undemanding, frivolous, insignificant of no account, unimportant, of no consequence, inconsequential, minor, paltry, petty, slight, negligible, immaterial, of no merit, of no value, valueless, worthless
Definition of lightweight in US English: lightweightnounˈlītˌwātˈlaɪtˌweɪt 1A weight in boxing and other sports intermediate between featherweight and welterweight. In the amateur boxing scale it ranges from 125 to 132 pounds (57 to 60 kg). Example sentencesExamples - It wasn't as easy as predicted, but the Mexican lightweight backed up his words using quickness and ring savvy to punish and befuddle hometown hero, Gary Balletto.
- Nor did he wait until the undefeated Freitas moved up to lightweight.
- Henry Armstrong held world titles at featherweight, lightweight and welterweight simultaneously and won 150 fights.
- I think Sanchez may have hit the wall at lightweight like Arguello did at junior welterweight.
- The merciless street-fighter known as the ‘fists of stone’ went on to win world titles at lightweight, welterweight and light middleweight.
- The first two categories of Men's Open, lightweight and middleweight, are won by default.
- The Worlds allow one entrant per division per country, while the World Games are one men's lightweight, middleweight and heavyweight per continent.
- America has won eight lightweight seven middleweight and eight heavyweight medals - 10 of which are gold.
- 1.1 A lightweight boxer or other competitor.
Example sentencesExamples - Sabo was heavily favored to dominate the lightweights in this competition.
- A victory over the undefeated Juan Diaz or a Juan Lazcano will certainly put Freitas back in the mix as one of the best lightweights.
- The 21-year-old lightweight's first bout was against Simon Tobias of Woking.
- As a lightweight, he carried a pretty solid wallop to go along with his uncanny ring generalship.
- He will be ready to test himself tomorrow against one of the best lightweights in the world.
- Now I have some great, great fighters coming up, a couple of good middleweights, a couple lightweights, I have some terrific young ladies that are coming up in the amateurs.
- Well, basically, the people that know me know that the majority of my fights have been as a lightweight.
- Withdrawing a day before the start of racing means they will first compete as lightweights for 2004 at Athens.
- It's a measure of how far the young Bury Amateur Boxing Club lightweight has come over the past two weeks that he looked disappointed after losing to Cuban maestro Mario Kindelan.
- With all that said, there's no feasible argument that can detract Floyd Mayweather as the undisputed champion of the lightweights.
- Two heavyweights will go the distance, while lightweights will knock each other down after only a few punches.
- Only one boxer, Amir Khan, the young lightweight from Bolton, has earned a place in Athens by right.
- In other weight divisions, lightweight Nick Yonezuka and middleweight Kenna Heffernan were both eliminated in the first round.
- The men's squad and the lightweights competed at the second World Cup in Lucerne and took away a gold in the lightweight men's four and bronze in the men's eight.
- Ten wrestlers (three lightweights, four middleweights and three heavyweights) took to the dohyo with yours truly refereeing.
- Corrales is now the king of the lightweights and there is no reason to suspect that a second Freitas-Corrales fight would end any different.
- For one thing he was up against guys who had had a leg blown off by a landmine or something, and so became lightweights instead of middleweights, but he probably would have lost anyway.
- The Bradford lightweight is due in front of the British Boxing Board of Control on August 11 when he is likely to be handed a lengthy ban over his comments surrounding the second Graham Earl fight.
2A person or thing that is lightly built or constructed. Example sentencesExamples - With their limited lifting capacity and unreliable engines, airplanes could best be employed in carrying lightweight, high-value cargo.
- However, such strength means that the car is no lightweight and the 1.4 HDi tips the scales at almost 1200 kg empty.
- The kittens are no lightweights either, being about 5kg in weight by the time they are only two months old, and having already attained the weight of around 45 kg by the time they are a year old.
- They would need to be lightweight too - the weight of that much steel cable would be immense.
- Their fleece socks range from lightweight, warm-weather styles to heavy-duty socks designed for really cold days in the field.
- These are lightweight and have a relatively short range.
- Caterham is the pre-eminent sports car manufacturer in its sector producing lightweight, affordable road and racecars with supercar performance.
- No matter how lightweight you may be, little girl, there's absolutely nothing this gust of wind could do to you other than knock you to the ground!
- The heavyweights carried 150-pound dumbbells and the lightweights carried 125-pound dumbbells.
- Although Flash produces impressive graphics, it is only 350 kilobytes in size - lightweight enough to be downloaded in 30 seconds on a slow dial-up link.
- 2.1informal A person of little importance or influence, especially in a particular sphere.
he was regarded as a political lightweight Example sentencesExamples - The trumpeter, Fred Mills, is an alumnus of the Canadian Brass, and even he seems determined to add weight to a work often dismissed as lightweight.
- The group is musically the more adventurous, but their lyrics seem a little lightweight compared to the in-yer-face political consciousness of their peers.
- Suggesting that Cameron was a political lightweight, Davis's allies insisted that their man ‘can actually put some meat on the bones’.
- The Prime Minister himself may be a political lightweight in comparison to many of the African leaders with whom he has to deal, but he has the weight of generations of experience behind him.
- It is likely to be a slim volume, more in keeping with its author: a political lightweight.
- A political lightweight, he lacked the muscle or guile to stand up to opponents in the Treasury who opposed rearmament.
- Despite his seemingly insurmountable hurdles, by most accounts he is considered a political lightweight.
- Known as a political lightweight, Mori's popularity has slumped after a string of verbal blunders and the resignation of two of his cabinet ministers over scandals.
- The Labor Senators don't come in as a naïve group of political lightweights.
- Despite his victory in South Carolina, presidential candidate George W Bush is still something of a political lightweight.
- One shouldn't write him oft as a lightweight formalist, however: with his choice of subject matter, the sculptor clearly aims at some elemental themes.
- Several non-entities and lightweights lacking administrative acumen and political standing were pitchforked into the office of Chief Minister.
- Following a bout of media bashing, one of Britain's most popular entertainers, Les Dennis, proves he is no lightweight with a knock-out new show, An Evening With.
- He was always a lightweight in her affections, although the competition with Kathy gave him a great deal more importance than he deserved.
Synonyms nonentity, nobody, nothing, lightweight, cipher, second-rater, amateur
adjectiveˈlītˌwātˈlaɪtˌweɪt 1Of thin material or build and weighing less than average. Example sentencesExamples - A rescue team engineer said the toll in the explosion could have been lower if the factory had been built using modern, lightweight materials instead of concrete.
- Modern aircraft are sophisticated and often built from highly stressed, lightweight materials.
- Torque Screwdrivers Are Designed for User Comfort Torque screwdrivers have lightweight, compact housings to ensure operator comfort.
- Body panels are made of aluminium or other lightweight materials.
- Their new M5 series of laptops use lightweight carbon-fibre materials, and their W1 laptop actually has a subwoofer built in for rocking audio.
- In 1965 he used some aluminium tubing, a piece of canvas and lightweight wheels to build a prototype.
- Made from a single piece of lightweight material, fisherman's pants could be mistaken for enormous nappies.
- ‘It's lightweight, so it absorbed quickly into my skin without leaving a greasy residue,’ one tester said.
- His early work was predominantly in fairly lightweight materials, including wood and mixed media, and was often brightly coloured, but in the late 1980s he changed direction.
- They come in a wide range of colors, are lightweight, and are more sanitary than most other types of counters, retaining less moisture and therefore less bacteria.
- It's available in standard weight, lightweight, and ultra-lite configurations.
- He said specially designed lightweight roof material would giving a light, airy environment which people could walk through.
- Based at the Hall House Industrial Estate, near Kendal, he makes bespoke performance silencers for offroad racing bikes, using lightweight materials such as carbon fibre and titanium.
- Many summer suits are made of tropical wool since it's a lightweight material
- The advances in these two technologies have enabled TV makers to build thin, lightweight TV screens with a large picture area.
- Built by BMW's M division as a study of lightweight materials, the car is unfortunately not destined for production.
- The chairs are custom built out of lightweight aluminum.
- The two-seat body structure is crafted from sophisticated materials such as lightweight alloys, magnesium and advanced composites.
- Do you sell or know where I can find a replacement 222 mm crankset in aluminum or other lightweight durable material?
- Stuff the bottom of the sap bucket, if necessary, with packing peanuts, moss, a ball of newspaper or other lightweight material.
- Affixed to the bottom of the bodice, directly on the hips, was a thin, lightweight piece of material that barely reached my knees.
- In building a car, do you use lightweight materials so that it is zippy, but a deathtrap in an accident?
- He's 11 years old and, at a recent check up, the vet said he was a perfect weight - despite seeming a little lightweight - and that most cats are massively overweight.
- Kevin previously had made up plans and costings for prefabricated, modular buildings to be made from steel and other lightweight materials, but had never put his plans into action.
- Prefabricated, modular buildings to be made from steel and other lightweight materials might just help with the recovery effort in the south.
Synonyms thin, light, flimsy, insubstantial 2Containing little serious matter. the newspaper is lightweight and trivial Example sentencesExamples - Old favourite ‘Light a Fire’ is deliciously melodic, though manages to sound lightweight compared to the martial rhythms and shouted dual vocals of newer numbers.
- Veterans like Voight, Keitel and Plummer are little more than a side salad, but they all help lend some weight and gravity to a lightweight, family-friendly lark.
- The result is a lightweight source of entertainment that maximizes humor and minimizes serious stuff.
- With this combination, the viewer can follow up the more serious film with the relatively lightweight one.
- While never less than good, laden with charming, understated melodies and beautifully turned lyrics, some of the album feels lightweight by comparison with Cave's back catalogue.
- In his low-key documentary, Blitz has succeeded in creating drama out of everyday life that is highly absorbing, despite it's lightweight subject matter.
Synonyms trivial, insubstantial, trifling, frothy, superficial, shallow, unintellectual, undemanding, frivolous, insignificant
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