weight

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/weɪt/

Etymology

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 + -th.
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”).

Sentences

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