weight

/wˈeɪt/

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Noun
the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
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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
Noun
the relative importance granted to something; "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed"
Noun
an artifact that is heavy
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an oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility"
Noun
a system of units used to express the weight of something
Noun
a unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the scale pan"
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(statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
Verb
weight down with a load
Verb
present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
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