WEIGHT


Meaning of WEIGHT in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

The ~ of a person or thing is how heavy they are, measured in units such as kilograms, pounds, or tons.

What is your height and ~?...

This reduced the ~ of the load...

Turkeys can reach enormous ~s of up to 50 pounds.

N-VAR: oft amount in N, with poss, N of amount

If someone loses ~, they become lighter. If they gain ~ or put on ~, they become heavier.

I’m lucky really as I never put on ~...

He lost two stone in ~ during his time there.

PHRASE: V inflects

2.

A person’s or thing’s ~ is the fact that they are very heavy.

Despite the vehicle’s size and ~ it is not difficult to drive.

N-UNCOUNT: with poss

3.

If you move your ~, you change position so that most of the pressure of your body is on a particular part of your body.

He shifted his ~ from one foot to the other...

He kept the ~ from his left leg.

N-SING: poss/ the N

4.

Weights are objects which weigh a known amount and which people lift as a form of exercise.

I was in the gym lifting ~s.

N-COUNT: usu pl

5.

Weights are metal objects which weigh a known amount and which are used on a set of scales to weigh other things.

N-COUNT

6.

You can refer to a heavy object as a ~, especially when you have to lift it.

Straining to lift heavy ~s can lead to a rise in blood pressure.

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7.

If you ~ something, you make it heavier by adding something to it, for example in order to stop it from moving easily.

It can be sewn into curtain hems to ~ the curtain and so allow it to hang better.

VERB: V n

8.

If you ~ things, you give them different values according to how important or significant they are.

...a computer program which ~s the different transitions according to their likelihood...

This takes account of the number of countries in which a company wins approval for a new drug, ~ed by the size of each country’s market.

VERB: V n, V-ed

9.

If something is given a particular ~, it is given a particular value according to how important or significant it is.

The scientists involved put different ~ on the conclusions of different models...

= ~ing

N-VAR

10.

If someone or something gives ~ to what a person says, thinks, or does, they emphasize its significance.

The fact that he is gone has given more ~ to fears that he may try to launch a civil war...

N-UNCOUNT

11.

If you give something or someone ~, you consider them to be very important or influential in a particular situation.

Consumers generally place more ~ on negative information than on the positive when deciding what to buy.

N-UNCOUNT

12.

see also ~ing , dead ~

13.

If a person or their opinion carries ~, they are respected and are able to influence people.

That argument no longer carries as much ~...

Senator Kerry carries considerable ~ in Washington.

PHRASE: V inflects

14.

If you say that someone or something is worth their ~ in gold, you are emphasizing that they are so useful, helpful, or valuable that you feel you could not manage without them.

Any successful manager is worth his ~ in gold.

PHRASE: v-link PHR emphasis

15.

If you pull your ~, you work as hard as everyone else who is involved in the same task or activity.

He accused the team of not pulling their ~.

PHRASE: V inflects

16.

a ~ off your mind: see mind

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