Definition of 'weight'

Noun

1. the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
2. 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: free weight exercising weight
3. the relative importance granted to something; "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed"
      Synonyms: weightiness
4. an artifact that is heavy
5. an oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility"
6. a system of units used to express the weight of something
      Synonyms: system of weights
7. a unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the scale pan"
      Synonyms: weight unit
8. (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
      Synonyms: weighting

Verb

1. weight down with a load
      Synonyms: burden burthen weight down
      Antonyms: unburden disburden
2. present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
      Synonyms: slant angle

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