weight

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.
2. (countable, uncountable) An object used to make something heavier.
3. (countable, uncountable) A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Importance or influence.
5. (countable, uncountable) An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
6. (countable, uncountable) Viscosity rating.
7. (countable, uncountable) Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances).
8. (countable, proscribed, uncountable) Synonym of mass (in general circumstances).
9. (countable, uncountable) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
10. (countable, uncountable) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
11. (countable, uncountable) The smallest cardinality of a base.
12. (countable, uncountable) The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
13. (countable, uncountable) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
14. (countable, uncountable) The illusion of mass.
15. (countable, uncountable) The thickness and opacity of paint.
16. (countable, uncountable) The thickness of yarn.
17. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Pressure; burden.
18. (countable, uncountable) The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
19. (slang, uncountable) Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.
20. (countable, slang) One pound of drugs, especially cannabis.
21. (countable, dated, uncountable) Money.
22. (countable, uncountable) Weight class
23. (countable, especially, uncountable) Emphasis applied to a given criterion.

Verb

1. (transitive) To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
2. (transitive) To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
3. (transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone.
4. (transitive) To assign weights to individual statistics.
5. (transitive) To bias something; to slant.
6. (transitive) To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
7. (transitive) To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.

Sinónimos

heaviness

load

burden

gravity

importance

measure

weightiness

encumbrance

significance

pressure

mass

amount

consequence

rhythm

balance

sinker

burthen

authority

accent

stress

emphasis

quantity

weight down

weighting

momentousness

heft

heavy

system of weights

number

🔢

sway

ballast

slant

stodginess

scales

dumbbell

scale

difficulty

notableness

power

degree

counterweight

moment

avoirdupois

press

import

ascendancy

judge

🧑‍⚖️

concernment

angle

barbell

Traducións

poids

Gewicht

peso

peso

peso

gewicht

pes

βάρος

ağırlık

pesa

pesanteur

Bedeutung

pondus

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/weɪt/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: weight

Herdado de Old English: wiht

Relativo a escocés: wecht

Relativo a Saterfriesisch: Wächte

Relativo a frisón occidental: gewicht

Relativo a neerlandés: gewicht

Relativo a alemán: Wucht

In summary

From Middle English weight, weiȝte, weght, wight, from Old English wiht, ġewiht (“weight”), from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz ("weight"; compare *weganą (“to move”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move; pull; draw; drive”). Equivalent to weigh + -t (abstract nominal suffix).
Cognate with Scots wecht, weicht (“weight”), Saterland Frisian Wächte (“scale”), Gewicht (“weight”), West Frisian gewicht (“weight”), Dutch gewicht (“weight”), German Low German Wicht, Gewicht (“weight”), German Wucht (“massiveness, force”), Gewicht (“weight”).

Frases

The weight of the package was seen on the high scale .

Only the opinion of the majority judgment is considered to have precedent-setting weight .

The larger the calorie deficit , the faster one will lose weight .