MAKEWEIGHT

Meaning of MAKEWEIGHT in English

/ ˈmeɪkweɪt; NAmE / noun

an unimportant person or thing that is only added or included in sth in order to make it the correct number, quantity, size, etc.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

MAKEWEIGHT — noun Date: 1695 1. something thrown into a scale to bring the weight to a desired value, something of little …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MAKEWEIGHT — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. a. : something thrown into a scale to bring the weight to a desired value b. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAKEWEIGHT — (n.) That which is thrown into a scale to make weight; something of little account added to supply a deficiency …
Английский словарь Webster
MAKEWEIGHT — ( n. ) That which is thrown into a scale to make weight; something of little account added to supply …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MAKEWEIGHT — /mayk"wayt'/ , n. 1. something put in a scale to complete a required weight. 2. anything added to supply a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAKEWEIGHT — n. something added to reach a required weight; addition, compensation (for something which is lacking)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MAKEWEIGHT — noun Date: 1695 1. a. : something thrown into a scale to bring the weight to a desired value b. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MAKEWEIGHT — noun that which is thrown into a scale to make weight; something of little account added to supply a deficiency …
Webster English vocab
MAKEWEIGHT — ■ noun 1》 something put on a scale to make up the required weight. 2》 an unimportant person or thing …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MAKEWEIGHT — [make.weight] n (1695) 1 a: something thrown into a scale to bring the weight to a desired value b: something …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MAKEWEIGHT — makeweight BrE AmE ˈmeɪk weɪt ▷ makeweight|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MAKEWEIGHT — n. 1 a small quantity or thing added to make up the full weight. 2 an unimportant extra person. 3 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MAKEWEIGHT — n. 1 a small quantity or thing added to make up the full weight. 2 an unimportant extra person. 3 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MAKEWEIGHT — n.1 a small quantity or thing added to make up the full weight. 2 an unimportant extra person. 3 an …
Oxford English vocab
MAKEWEIGHT — ( makeweights) If you describe someone or something as a makeweight , you think that they are not good or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAKEWEIGHT — (~s) If you describe someone or something as a ~, you think that they are not good or valuable and …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MAKEWEIGHT — [noun] [C] - something or someone, esp. without much value of its own, that is added so that there is …
Cambridge English vocab
MAKEWEIGHT — сущ. 1) добавка, довесок тж. перен. An incestuous passion brought forward as the make-weight of a plot, to eke out …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MAKEWEIGHT — Довесок
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MAKEWEIGHT — _n. 1> довесок, добавка 2> _тех. противовес
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MAKEWEIGHT — довесок
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
MAKEWEIGHT — сущ.; тж. make-weight1) добавка, довесок тж. перен. An incestuous passion brought forward as the make-weight of a plot, to eke …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MAKEWEIGHT — n. довесок, добавка, противовес
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
MAKEWEIGHT — n. довесок, добавка, противовес
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
MAKEWEIGHT — сущ. ; тж. make-weight 1) добавка, довесок тж. перен. An incestuous passion brought forward as the make-weight of a plot, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MAKEWEIGHT — сущ.; тж. make-weight 1) добавка, довесок тж. перен. An incestuous passion brought forward as the make-weight of a plot, to eke out …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
MAKEWEIGHT — _n. 1> довесок, добавка 2> _тех. противовес
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
MAKEWEIGHT — n. 1. довесок, добавка 2. тех. противовес
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
MAKEWEIGHT — довесок, добавка tech. противовес
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
MAKEWEIGHT — _n. 1> довесок, добавка 2> _тех. противовес
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
MAKEWEIGHT — сущ. 1) добавка, довесок тж. перен. An incestuous passion brought forward as the make-weight of a plot, to eke out …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MAKEWEIGHT — n. Pronunciation: ' m ā k- ˌ w ā t Function: noun Date: 1695 1 a : something thrown into …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MAKEWEIGHT — [n.] довесок, добавка
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
MAKEWEIGHT — n довесок, добавка
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
MAKEWEIGHT — довесок
English-Russian Online Dictionary
MAKEWEIGHT — довесок
Англо-Русский словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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