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English noun: weight | |||
| 1. | weight (attribute) the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | physical property | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | body weight, dead weight, heaviness, lightness, poundage, tare, throw-weight, weightiness, weightlessness | ||
| Attribute | heavy, light | ||
| 2. | weight (artifact) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | exercising weight, free weight | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sports equipment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | barbell, dumbbell | ||
| 3. | weight (attribute) the relative importance granted to something | ||
| Samples | His opinion carries great weight. The progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed. | ||
| Synonyms | weightiness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | importance | ||
| 4. | weight (artifact) an artifact that is heavy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | artefact, artifact | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | balance, bob, burden, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer, load, loading, makeweight, paperweight, sinker | ||
| 5. | weight (feeling) an oppressive feeling of heavy force | ||
| Samples | Bowed down by the weight of responsibility. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | oppression, oppressiveness | ||
| 6. | weight (quantity) a system of units used to express the weight of something | ||
| Synonyms | system of weights | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | metric, system of measurement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | avoirdupois, avoirdupois weight, troy, troy weight | ||
| 7. | weight (quantity) a unit used to measure weight | ||
| Samples | He placed two weights in the scale pan. | ||
| Synonyms | weight unit | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | unit, unit of measurement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight, arroba, cattie, catty, crith, frail, last, maund, obolus, oka, picul, pood, rotl, tael, tod, troy unit, welterweight | ||
| 8. | weight (quantity) (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance | ||
| Synonyms | weighting | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | coefficient | ||
| Domain category | statistics | ||
English verb: weight | |||
| 1. | weight (contact) weight down with a load | ||
| Synonyms | burden, burthen, weight down | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s something with something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | charge | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | overburden, plumb, saddle | ||
| Antonyms | disburden, unburden | ||
| 2. | weight (cognition) present with a bias | ||
| Samples | He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders. | ||
| Synonyms | angle, slant | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bias, predetermine | ||
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