English Explanatory Dictionary

weight

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.
  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. Ellipsis of free weight, as contrasted with the weights inside an exercise machine.
  7. Viscosity rating.
  8. Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances).
  9. Synonym of mass (in general circumstances).
  10. Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
  11. A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
  12. The smallest cardinality of a base.
verb
  1. To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
  2. To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight.
  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.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

wāt /weɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-weight.wav en-us-weight.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-weight.wav

Word forms

weight weights wt. waight weighting weighted

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”).

Synonyms

black iron mass

Related words

weigh

Derived words

absolute weight all-up weight Aran weight axle weight axleweight baby weight balance weight balanceweight bantamweight birth weight biscuit weight biweight body weight bodyweight carcass weight carry one's own weight carry one's weight carry weight casting weight coin weight combining weight counterweight curb weight dead weight draw weight dry weight equal weight equivalent weight featherweight flyweight free weight gain weight give weight gram-molecular weight gross vehicle weight rating gross weight heavyweight hit above one's weight hit below one's weight kerb weight light-weight lightweight live weight loom weight lose weight molecular-weight must weight neat weight net weight non-weight-bearing open weights overweight paperweight pseudoweight pull one's own weight pull one's weight punch above one's weight punch below one's weight put on weight sash weight

Translations

Arabic: ثِقْل Arabic: وَزْن Belarusian: гі́ра Bulgarian: тежести Bulgarian: тегло́ Bulgarian: дебелина Catalan: pes Finnish: paino Finnish: painokerroin Finnish: painotuskerroin Finnish: painotus Finnish: paksuus Finnish: peitto Finnish: peittävyys French: poids German: Gewicht German: Gwicht Bavarian German: Gwicht Greek: βάρη Hebrew: מִשְׁקֹלֶת Hindi: भार Hungarian: súly Hungarian: súlyozás Italian: peso Japanese: 重り Japanese: 重さ Japanese: 重み Iranian Persian: وَزْنِه Portuguese: peso Portuguese: haltere Romanian: halteră Romanian: haltere Romanian: greutate Russian: блин Russian: ги́ря Russian: ганте́ль Russian: вес Scots: weicht Spanish: pesa Spanish: peso Swedish: vikt Swedish: tyngd Turkish: ağırlık Turkish: halter Turkish: dambıl Ukrainian: ги́ря Armenian: կշիռ Chinese Mandarin: 權重 /权重 Malay: pemberat Bulgarian: товаря Finnish: lisätä painoa French: alourdir French: lester French: appesantir German: beschweren German: gewichten Hindi: भरना Italian: appesantire Romanian: îngreuna Swedish: göra tyngre
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