WEIGHT

Pronunciation (US):

• WEIGHT (noun)
  The noun WEIGHT has 8 senses:

1. the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
2. 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
3. the relative importance granted to something
4. an artifact that is heavy
5. an oppressive feeling of heavy force
6. a system of units used to express the weight of something
7. a unit used to measure weight
8. (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

  Familiarity information: WEIGHT used as a noun is common.

• WEIGHT (verb)
  The verb WEIGHT has 2 senses:

1. weight down with a load
2. present with a bias

  Familiarity information: WEIGHT used as a verb is rare.

• WEIGHT (noun)

Meaning:

The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("weight" is a kind of...):

physical property (a property used to characterize physical objects)

Attribute:

heavy (of comparatively great physical weight or density)

light (of comparatively little physical weight or density)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "weight"):

lightness; weightlessness (the property of being comparatively small in weight)

throw-weight (the weight of the payload of a missile (not including the weight of the rocket))

poundage (weight expressed in pounds)

heaviness; weightiness (the property of being comparatively great in weight)

dead weight (a heavy motionless weight)

body weight (the weight of a person's body)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

exercising weight; free weight; weight

Hypernyms ("weight" is a kind of...):

sports equipment (equipment needed to participate in a particular sport)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "weight"):

barbell (a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightlifting)

dumbbell (an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle)

Meaning:

The relative importance granted to something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

weightiness; weight

Context examples:

his opinion carries great weight / the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed

Hypernyms ("weight" is a kind of...):

importance (the quality of being important and worthy of note)

Meaning:

An artifact that is heavy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("weight" is a kind of...):

artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "weight"):

bob (a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string)

sinker (a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water))

paperweight (a weight used to hold down a stack of papers)

makeweight (a weight added to the scale to reach a required weight)

burden; load; loading (weight to be borne or conveyed)

balance; counterbalance; counterpoise; counterweight; equaliser; equalizer (a weight that balances another weight)

Meaning:

An oppressive feeling of heavy force

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Context example:

bowed down by the weight of responsibility

Hypernyms ("weight" is a kind of...):

oppression; oppressiveness (a feeling of being oppressed)

Meaning:

A system of units used to express the weight of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

system of weights; weight

Hypernyms ("weight" is a kind of...):

metric; system of measurement (a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "weight"):

avoirdupois; 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)

Meaning:

A unit used to measure weight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

weight unit; weight

Context example:

he placed two weights in the scale pan

Hypernyms ("weight" is a kind of...):

unit; unit of measurement (any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "weight"):

oka (a Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds)

picul (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 pounds)

rotl (a unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean; varies between one and five pounds)

tael (a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces)

tod (a unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds)

welterweight (a weight of 28 pounds; sometimes imposed as a handicap in a horse race (such as a steeple chase or hurdle race))

obolus (a Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram)

maund (a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries)

troy unit (any of the unit of the troy system of weights)

apothecaries' unit; apothecaries' weight (any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces)

arroba (a unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries)

cattie; 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 pounds)

last (a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds)

Meaning:

(statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

weighting; weight

Hypernyms ("weight" is a kind of...):

coefficient (a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic)

Domain category:

statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)

• WEIGHT (verb)

Meaning:

Weight down with a load

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

burden; burthen; weight; weight down

Hypernyms (to "weight" is one way to...):

charge (fill or load to capacity)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "weight"):

overburden (load with excessive weight)

plumb (weight with lead)

saddle (load or burden; encumber)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something with something

Meaning:

Present with a bias

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

weight; slant; angle

Context example:

He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders

Hypernyms (to "weight" is one way to...):

bias; predetermine (cause to be biased)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody