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a : the amount that a thing weighs b(1) : the standard or established amount that a thing should weigh (2): one of the classes into which contestants in a sports event are divided according to body weight
(3): poundage required to be carried by a horse in a handicap race
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a : a quantity or thing weighing a fixed and usually specified amount b: a heavy object (such as a metal ball) thrown, put, or lifted as an athletic exercise or contest
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b: a piece of material (such as metal) of known specified weight for use in weighing articles
c: a system of related units of weight
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b: a heavy object to hold or press something down or to counterbalance
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b: the quality or state of being ponderous
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a : relative heaviness : mass b: the force with which a body is attracted toward the earth or a celestial body by gravitation and which is equal to the product of the mass and the local gravitational acceleration
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a : the relative importance or authority accorded something the weight of her opinions b : measurable influence especially on others throwing his weight behind the proposal9
: the quality (such as lightness) that makes a fabric or garment suitable for a particular use or season —often used in combinationsummer-weight
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: a numerical coefficient assigned to an item to express its relative importance in a frequency distribution
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: the degree of thickness of the strokes of a type character
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: to oppress with a burden2
a: to load or make heavy with or as if with a weight
b: to increase in heaviness by adding an ingredient
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b : to feel the weight of : heft4
: to assign a statistical weight to
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: to cause to incline in a particular direction by manipulation the tax structure … which was weighted so heavily in favor of the upper classes—A. S. Link6
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