weight

/wˈeɪt/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

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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