Dictionary definition · weight
noun
- the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
- 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
- the relative importance granted to something"his opinion carries great weight"
- an artifact that is heavy
- an oppressive feeling of heavy force"bowed down by the weight of responsibility"
- a system of units used to express the weight of something
- a unit used to measure weight"he placed two weights in the scale pan"
- (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
verb
- weight down with a load
- present with a bias"He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).