weight en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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 + -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”).
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.
- (countable, uncountable) An object used to make something heavier.
- (countable, uncountable) A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) Importance or influence.
"You surely are a man of some weight around here," I said.
1945, Mikia Pezas, The price of liberty, I. Washburn, Inc., page 11:Another knight came to settle on the island, a man of much weight and position, on whom the Adelantados of all the island relied, and who was made a magistrate.
1907 Alonso de Espinosa, Hakluyt Society & Sir Clements Robert Markham, The Guanches of Tenerife: the holy image of Our Lady of Candelaria, and the Spanish conquest and settlement, Printed for the Hakluyt Society, p116I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
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(countable, uncountable) An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
He's working out with weights. Weight-bearing exercise is now understood to be just as important as cardio.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, sometimes, specifically, uncountable) An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training. ▸ Ellipsis of free weight, as contrasted with the weights inside an exercise machine.
alt of free weight
I prefer weights over machines.
- (countable, uncountable) Viscosity rating.
- (countable, uncountable) Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances).
- (countable, proscribed, uncountable) Synonym of mass (in general circumstances).
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(countable, qualifier:measurement, uncountable) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
I'm the same weight as I was ten years ago.
- (countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of weight function. ▸ A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
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(countable, especially, in computing, qualifier:machine learning, uncountable) Ellipsis of weight function. ▸ Emphasis applied to a given criterion.
Even though it's got its two features of color and hardness, it doesn't know how much importance or, as computer scientists say, weight to place on each of them.
2017, Up and Atom, Machine Learning Explained in 5 Minutes:“Logits” are the vectors of weights.
2024, Laura Masbruch, Pasta Land:
- (countable, uncountable) The smallest cardinality of a base.
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(countable, uncountable) The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
font weight
- (countable, uncountable) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
- (countable, uncountable) The illusion of mass.
- (countable, uncountable) The thickness and opacity of paint.
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(countable, uncountable) The thickness of yarn.
If you'd like to use a different weight of yarn, just check the label for the recommended crochet hook size and use that.
2011 August 23, Carmen Heffernan, “How to make colourful crocheted flowers”, in The Guardian:The weight of the finished thread also varies with the spinner, although the general aim is laceweight singles for weaving.
2026, Elise Young, “Yagaa: Reviving Sericulture in Southern Mexico”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 16:
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) Pressure; burden.
The waight of this ſad time we muſt obey[…]
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], page 309, column 2:For the public all this weight he bears.
1671, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:the weight of care or business
- (countable, uncountable) The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
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(slang, uncountable) Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.
The three of us were hanging out rapping in Hamilton projects with some niggahs Pimp had got tight with on Rikers Island. Them fools had done a push-in and took over some old lady's apartment, and they were in there cutting crack and mixing weight.
2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 103:He was pushing weight.
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(countable, slang) One pound of drugs, especially cannabis.
[I was] doing a weight [1 lb. at that time] a week, sometimes more, sometimes less.
2002, Nicholas Dorn, Karim Murji, Nigel South, Traffickers: Drug Markets and Law Enforcement, page 5:The ones the CIB should be looking out for, to her mind, were the officers who raided a flat, found a couple of weights of cannabis and stashed half of it before they made the collar. The cannabis would make its way back on to the street […]
2009, Martina Cole, The Ladykiller:
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(countable, dated, qualifier:crime slang, uncountable) Money.
No matter how much money he makes, he is still a soldier, but he has the weight.
1974, Martin R. Haskell, Lewis Yablonsky, Crime and Delinquency, page 96:
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(countable, uncountable) Weight class.
You’re no match for ’em. You ain’t up to their weight. It’s like little Black Strap standing up to Tom Spring,—the Black’s a pretty fighter but, Law bless you, his arm ain’t long enough to touch Tom,—and I tell you, you’re going it with fellers beyond your weight.
1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
- (countable, uncountable) Weight class. ▸ Used as part of compound words for weight class titles, e.g. heavyweight, flyweight.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| weights | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| wt. | alternative | lexicographic | |
| waight | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Coordinates
inertial mass · gravitational mass · mass
Deriveds
must weight · gain weight · open weights · unweight · weight stack · birth weight · strawweight · weight room · molecular-weight · triweight · light-weight · draw weight · all-up weight · balance weight · weight gain · hundredweight · yo-weight · atomweight · birthweight · carry weight · winterweight · superweight · clockweight · normoweight · overweight · weightfulness · weight for age · sportweight · bobweight · weight watcher · multiweight · kerb weight · weight off someone's mind · weightlike · free weight · mediumweight · counterweight · weightlifter · weightwise · weight-watcher · flyweight · weightable · upweight · weighty · pennyweight · biscuit weight · weighten · curb weight · weight gainer · balanceweight · weightful · throw-weight · weight lifting · gram-molecular weight · non-weight-bearing · throw one's weight around · doubleweight · minimumweight · heavyweight · welter-weight · weight-bearing · pull one's own weight · bantamweight · makeweight · weight bear · gross vehicle weight rating · worth one's weight in salt · equivalent weight · hit below one's weight · downweight · dry weight · weighter · weight training · net weight · midweight · loom weight · goldweight · deweight · underweight · hit above one's weight · noseweight · baby weight · weightlifting · give weight · preweight · live weight · biweight · pull one's weight · weight off someone's shoulders · summerweight · topweight · reweight · weightometer · bodyweight · axle weight · backweight · combining weight · take the weight off · weightmap · lightweight · weightman · throw one's weight behind · paperweight · weight measure · welterweight · middleweight · cruiserweight · weight bar · gross weight · short weight · weight-lift · featherweight · weightless · lose weight · weight-train · weight-saving · weightist · take the weight off one's feet · Aran weight · laceweight · coin weight · put on weight · letterweight · weight weenie · carry one's weight · superfeatherweight · punch below one's weight · equal weight · weight of the world · microweight · punch above one's weight · weight class · worth one's weight in gold · carry one's own weight · dead weight · absolute weight · carcass weight · sash weight · weightsome · pseudoweight · yo-yo weight · weight loss · witherweight · weight down · weight rack · weightism · weight lifter · subweight · body weight · axleweight · weightfully · cwt. · weight-bear · casting weight · syllable weight · neat weight
Descendants
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Synonyms
Translations (314)
el βάρος (force due to gravity) · hi भार (object to make something heavier) · ja 重り (weight for training muscles) · sa गुरुत्व (force due to gravity) · et kaaluma (standardized measuring weight) · ru вес (statistics: multiplier) · ja 重み (statistics: multiplier) · sco weicht (weight for training muscles) · mi tāwē (object to make something heavier) · sv vikt (typography: boldness of a font) · oc pes (force due to gravity) · izh paine (force due to gravity) · fr poids (standardized measuring weight) · th น้ำหนัก (force due to gravity) · ta எடை (force due to gravity) · hy կշիռ (statistics: multiplier) · ilo dagsen (force due to gravity) · bg тегли́лка (standardized measuring weight) · hy քաշ (force due to gravity) · lmo pes (force due to gravity) · ru вес (importance or influence) · sh težìna (force due to gravity) · tr ağırlık (weight for training muscles) · hi भार (force due to gravity) · hu vonalvastagság (typography: boldness of a font) · ml ഭാരം (object to make something heavier) · br pouez (force due to gravity) · es pesa (object to make something heavier) · rm peisa (force due to gravity) · es peso (statistics: multiplier) · ast pesu (force due to gravity) · ro haltere (weight for training muscles) · cs závaží (standardized measuring weight) · lb Bedeitung (importance or influence) · fi painokerroin (statistics: multiplier) · ms pemberat (object to make something heavier) · izh raskahus (force due to gravity) · mi maihea (standardized measuring weight) · sv vikt (statistics: multiplier) · gsw Gwicht (object to make something heavier) · ja 重さ (force due to gravity) · ca pes (standardized measuring weight) · ko 무게 (force due to gravity) · sv vikt (standardized measuring weight) · ms berat (force due to gravity) · fa-ira وَزْن (force due to gravity) · he מִשְׁקָל (force due to gravity) · ang ġewiht (force due to gravity) · pt peso (object to make something heavier) · el βάρη (weight for training muscles) · hu súly (object to make something heavier) · ar ثِقْل (object to make something heavier) · fi paksuus (typography: boldness of a font) · si බර (force due to gravity) · ja 重さ (statistics: multiplier) · fr graisse (typography: boldness of a font) · pt haltere (weight for training muscles) · fi painoarvo (importance or influence) · ru блин (weight for training muscles) · ang ġewiht (object to make something heavier) · ru вес (force due to gravity) · he מִשְׁקֹלֶת (weight for training muscles) · sc pesu (force due to gravity) · or ଭାର (force due to gravity) · bg тегло́ (force due to gravity) · be гі́ра (weight for training muscles) · ro greutate (object to make something heavier) · az ağırlıq (force due to gravity) · bg влия́ние (importance or influence) · ky салмак (force due to gravity) · es pesadez (force due to gravity) · fi merkitys (importance or influence) · he מִשְׁקֹלֶת (standardized measuring weight) · it peso (weight for training muscles) · af gewig (force due to gravity) · bn ওজন (force due to gravity) · ro greutate (importance or influence) · ota ثقلت (force due to gravity) · am ክብደት (force due to gravity) · uz vazn (force due to gravity) · pl ciężarek (standardized measuring weight) · fi paksuus (visual art: line weight) · tr ağırlık (force due to gravity) · cs závaží (object to make something heavier) · ko 체중 (force due to gravity) · vec pexo (force due to gravity) · afb وزن (force due to gravity) · de Gewicht (weight for training muscles) · ja 重量 (force due to gravity) · sc pessu (force due to gravity) · sco weicht (force due to gravity) · bar Gwicht (force due to gravity) · km ទម្ងន់ (force due to gravity) · nn tyngd (force due to gravity) · tg вазн (force due to gravity) · fi painotuskerroin (statistics: multiplier) · kn ತೂಕ (force due to gravity) · tr dambıl (weight for training muscles) · bar Gwicht (object to make something heavier) · te బరువు (force due to gravity) · mn дэнс (force due to gravity) · fi paino (weight for training muscles) · bg тежести (weight for training muscles) · ru ганте́ль (weight for training muscles) · pl waga (force due to gravity) · as ওজন (force due to gravity) · uk ва́га (force due to gravity) · mrw timbang (force due to gravity) · es peso (importance or influence) · bg дебелина (typography: boldness of a font) · vi trọng lượng (force due to gravity) · ur وَزْن (force due to gravity) · fr poids (force due to gravity) · cmn 權重 /权重 (statistics: multiplier) · ro greutate (force due to gravity) · ar ثِقْل (weight for training muscles) · it peso (statistics: multiplier) · ru груз (object to make something heavier) · sv vikt (importance or influence) · fa-ira وَزْنِه (weight for training muscles) · la pondus (force due to gravity) · hu súly (force due to gravity) · fi punnus (standardized measuring weight) · gl peso (force due to gravity) · bg те́жест (object to make something heavier) · is þyngd (force due to gravity) · gsw Gwicht (weight for training muscles) · ro greutate (weight for training muscles) · pms peis (force due to gravity) · he מִשְׁקָל (importance or influence) · id berat (force due to gravity) · fur pês (force due to gravity) · be гі́ра (standardized measuring weight) · sq peshë (force due to gravity) · fi peittävyys (visual art: thickness and opacity of paint) · io pezo (force due to gravity) · fr poids (object to make something heavier) · cmn 砝碼 /砝码 (standardized measuring weight) · ro halteră (weight for training muscles) · bg авторите́т (importance or influence) · ga meáchan (force due to gravity) · ceb kabug-aton (force due to gravity) · fi paino (force due to gravity) · ru ги́ря (standardized measuring weight) · ca pes (weight for training muscles) · sv tyngd (weight for training muscles) · lb Gewiicht (object to make something heavier) · es peso (force due to gravity) · ml ഭാരം (force due to gravity) · pam bayat (force due to gravity) · om ulfina (force due to gravity) · it peso (force due to gravity) · sw uzani (force due to gravity) · my အလေး (force due to gravity) · he מִשְׁקֹלֶת (object to make something heavier) · ca pes (importance or influence) · alt уурлык (force due to gravity) · izh partsa (object to make something heavier) · es pesor (monosemic) (force due to gravity) · cs tíha (force due to gravity) · ka წონა (force due to gravity) · sh тежѝна (force due to gravity) · ang ġewiht (standardized measuring weight) · el σταθμά (standardized measuring weight) · lv atsvars (object to make something heavier) · hi भार (standardized measuring weight) · ca pes (force due to gravity) · tr halter (weight for training muscles) · pl odważnik (standardized measuring weight) · no vekt (object to make something heavier) · mnc ᡨᠣᠣᠰᡝ (force due to gravity) · lo ນ້ຳຫນັກ (force due to gravity) · hy բեռ (object to make something heavier) · lv svars (object to make something heavier) · mi wēti (object to make something heavier) · fr poids (weight for training muscles) · lb Gewiicht (importance or influence) · tr ağırlık (standardized measuring weight) · sv vikt (force due to gravity) · nl gewicht (force due to gravity) · ru тяжесть (force due to gravity) · es grosor (typography: boldness of a font) · bzj wayt (force due to gravity) · pl ciężar (force due to gravity) · haw kaumaha (force due to gravity) · ee kpekpeme (force due to gravity) · cmn 重量 (force due to gravity) · sv vikt (weight for training muscles) · pt peso (weight for training muscles) · ca pes (object to make something heavier) · id bobot (force due to gravity) · nb vekt (force due to gravity) · sk váha (force due to gravity) · rm pesa (force due to gravity) · az vəzn (force due to gravity) · ko 중량 (force due to gravity) · ja 分銅 (standardized measuring weight) · ba ауырлыҡ (force due to gravity) · fi paino (statistics: multiplier) · mn жин (force due to gravity) · hu súly (weight for training muscles) · grc βάρος (force due to gravity) · de Gewicht (importance or influence) · lld peis (force due to gravity) · gd cudrom (force due to gravity) · pt peso (statistics: multiplier) · az çəki (force due to gravity) · ar ثِقْل (standardized measuring weight) · el ζύγι (standardized measuring weight) · ro greutate (standardized measuring weight) · tk agyrlyk (force due to gravity) · tl bigat (force due to gravity) · az çəki (importance or influence) · sv tyngd (object to make something heavier) · ko 분동 (standardized measuring weight) · fi paino (object to make something heavier) · tt авырлык (force due to gravity) · nl gewicht (object to make something heavier) · lv svars (force due to gravity) · ar وَزْن (force due to gravity) · mfe pwa (force due to gravity) · sl teža (force due to gravity) · hu súly (statistics: multiplier) · sk závažie (standardized measuring weight) · lb Stäerkt (typography: boldness of a font) · got 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌴𐌹 (force due to gravity) · es pesantez (monosemic) (force due to gravity) · et kaal (force due to gravity) · es pesadura (force due to gravity) · txb krāmär (force due to gravity) · ne तौल (force due to gravity) · mk тежина (force due to gravity) · fi peitto (visual art: thickness and opacity of paint) · fr lest (object to make something heavier) · ja 体重 (force due to gravity) · cmn 體重 /体重 (force due to gravity) · rm pais (force due to gravity) · lb Gewiicht (force due to gravity) · vi cân nặng (force due to gravity) · bar Gwicht (weight for training muscles) · ko 추 (object to make something heavier) · es pesadumbre (force due to gravity) · gsw Gwicht (force due to gravity) · sv tyngd (force due to gravity) · te భారము (force due to gravity) · id pemberat (object to make something heavier) · ja 重り (object to make something heavier) · sv vikt (object to make something heavier) · uk ги́ря (standardized measuring weight) · scn pisu (force due to gravity) · lt svoris (force due to gravity) · hu súly (standardized measuring weight) · da tyngdekraft (force due to gravity) · de Gewicht (standardized measuring weight) · es pesa (weight for training muscles) · alt беске (force due to gravity) · grc σταθμίον (standardized measuring weight) · nap pisemo (force due to gravity) · so culays (force due to gravity) · ru ги́ря (weight for training muscles) · hy կշիռ (force due to gravity) · izh paino (force due to gravity) · hi वज़न (force due to gravity) · cmn 配重 (object to make something heavier) · sco weicht (object to make something heavier) · mel baat (force due to gravity) · el σταθμίον (standardized measuring weight) · bg тегло́ (statistics: multiplier) · lo ນ້ຳໜັກ (force due to gravity) · pdt Wicht (nds) (force due to gravity) · rm paisa (force due to gravity) · hy ծանրություն (object to make something heavier) · el βάρος (object to make something heavier) · fi painotus (statistics: multiplier) · hu súlyozás (statistics: multiplier) · hi भार (weight for training muscles) · mr वजन (force due to gravity) · de Gewicht (object to make something heavier) · os уӕз (force due to gravity) · it peso (object to make something heavier) · da vægt (force due to gravity) · mi taimaha (force due to gravity) · kk салмақ (force due to gravity) · cy pwysau (force due to gravity) · pt peso (importance or influence) · ar وَزْن (statistics: multiplier) · uz ogʻirlik (force due to gravity) · pt peso (standardized measuring weight) · mi taumaha (object to make something heavier) · mi toimaha (object to make something heavier) · pl ciężarek (object to make something heavier) · pt peso (force due to gravity) · ug ئېغىرلىق (force due to gravity) · fi paino (topology: the smallest cardinality of a base) · gsw Gwicht (importance or influence) · uk ги́ря (weight for training muscles) · eo pezo (force due to gravity) · bg дебелина (visual art: line weight) · yi געוויכט (force due to gravity) · fa-ira وَزْنِه (standardized measuring weight) · cs váha (force due to gravity) · be ва́га (force due to gravity) · es peso (standardized measuring weight) · sco weicht (statistics: multiplier) · te బరువు (object to make something heavier) · de Gewicht (force due to gravity) · ms pemberat (statistics: multiplier) · bg тежест (importance or influence) · bar Gwicht (importance or influence) · sco weicht (standardized measuring weight) · la auctōritās (importance or influence) · hy ծանրություն (force due to gravity) · hy կշռաքար (standardized measuring weight) · eu pisu (force due to gravity)
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