| NOUN | attribute | weight | the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifact | weight, free weight, exercising weight | sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting | |
| attribute | weight, weightiness | the relative importance granted to something | |
| artifact | weight | an artifact that is heavy | |
| feeling | weight | an oppressive feeling of heavy force | |
| quantity | weight, system of weights | a system of units used to express the weight of something | |
| quantity | weight, weight unit | a unit used to measure weight | |
| quantity | weight, weighting | (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance | |
| VERB | contact | weight, burden, burthen, weight down | weight down with a load |
| cognition | weight, slant, angle | present with a bias |
| Sounds | wey't | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity. | |
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| Attributes | heavy | Of comparatively great physical weight or density / density |
| light | Of comparatively little physical weight or density / density | |
| Narrower | body weight | The weight of a person's body |
| dead weight | A heavy motionless weight | |
| heaviness, weightiness | The property of being comparatively great in weight | |
| lightness, weightlessness | The property of being comparatively small in weight | |
| poundage | weight expressed in pounds | |
| tare | The weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo | |
| throw-weight | The weight of the payload of a missile (not including the weight of the rocket) | |
| Broader | physical property | Any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions |
| Spanish | peso | |
| Catalan | pes | |
| Adjectives | weighty | having relatively great weight |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | free weight, exercising weight | |
| Narrower | barbell | A bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end |
| dumbbell | An exercising weight | |
| Broader | sports equipment | equipment needed to participate in a particular sport |
| Spanish | pesas | |
| Catalan | pesos | |
| Meaning | The relative importance granted to something. | |
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| Examples |
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| Synonym | weightiness | |
| Broader | importance | The quality of being important and worthy of note |
| Spanish | peso | |
| Catalan | pes | |
| Adjectives | weighty | of great gravity or crucial import |
| Meaning | An artifact that is heavy. | |
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| Narrower | bob | A hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string |
| counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer, equaliser | A weight that balances another weight | |
| load, loading, burden | weight to be borne or conveyed | |
| makeweight | A weight added to the scale to reach a required weight | |
| paperweight | A weight used to hold down a stack of papers | |
| sinker | A weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water) | |
| Broader | artifact, artefact | A man-made object taken as a whole |
| Spanish | peso | |
| Catalan | pes | |
| Verbs | weight | weight down with a load |
| Meaning | An oppressive feeling of heavy force. | |
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| Example | "bowed down by the weight of responsibility" | |
| Broader | oppression, oppressiveness | A feeling of being oppressed |
| Adjectives | weighty | weighing heavily on the spirit |
| Meaning | A system of units used to express the weight of something. | |
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| Synonym | system of weights | |
| Narrower | avoirdupois, avoirdupois weight | A system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains) |
| troy, troy weight | A system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones | |
| Broader | system of measurement, metric | A system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic / characteristic |
| Spanish | peso | |
| Catalan | pes, sistema de pesos i mesures | |
| Meaning | A unit used to measure weight. | |
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| Example | "he placed two weights in the scale pan" | |
| Synonym | weight unit | |
| Narrower | apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight | Any weight unit used in pharmacy |
| arroba | A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries | |
| catty, cattie | Any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams) | |
| crith | The weight of a liter of hydrogen (at 0 centigrade and 760 millimeters pressure) | |
| frail | The weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs | |
| last | A unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds | |
| maund | A unit of weight used in Asia | |
| obolus | A Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram | |
| oka | A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds | |
| picul | A unit of weight used in some parts of Asia | |
| pood | A Russian unit of weight equal to approximately 36 pounds | |
| rotl | A unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean | |
| tael | A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces | |
| tod | A unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds | |
| troy unit | Any of the unit of the troy system of weights | |
| welterweight | A weight of 28 pounds | |
| Broader | unit of measurement, unit | Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange |
| Spanish | unidad de peso | |
| Catalan | unitat de pes | |
| Meaning | (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance. | |
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| Synonym | weighting | |
| Category | statistics | A branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters |
| Broader | coefficient | A constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic / characteristic |
| Verbs | weight | present with a bias |
| Meaning | weight down with a load. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something with something | |
| Synonyms | burden, burthen, weight down | |
| Narrower | overburden | Load with excessive weight |
| plumb | weight with lead | |
| saddle | Load or burden | |
| Broader | charge | Fill or load to capacity |
| Opposite | unburden, disburden | Take the burden off |
| Spanish | asignar un peso, cargar | |
| Nouns | weight | an artifact that is heavy |
| Meaning | Present with a bias. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | slant, angle | |
| Broader | bias, predetermine | Cause to be biased |
| Spanish | alterar, enfocar, inclinarse, inclinar, prejuiciar | |
| Nouns | weight | (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance |
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