wikipedia|dab=weight (disambiguation)|weight
English

Etymology
OE. wiht, Ä¡ewiht

Pronunciation
IPA|/weɪt/
audio|en-us-weight.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪt|-eɪt

Homophones
wait

Noun
wikipedia|weight
en-noun

1. The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth.
2. An object used to make something heavier.
3. A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
4. weightlifting: A disc of iron, dumbbell, or barbell used for training the muscles.
5. physics mass (net weight, atomic weight, molecular weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.)
6. statistics A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
7. topology the smallest cardinality of a base

:Compare to mass.

Translations
trans-top|force due to gravity
Chinese (Simplified): �� (zhòng liàng)
Dutch: gewicht
Ewe: kpekpeme n
Finnish: paino
French: poids
German: Gewicht n
Italian: peso m
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Japanese: �� (omosa), �� (jūry�) general; �� (taijū) animals incl. person
Portuguese: gravidade
Romanian: greutate f
Russian: ве� (v'es) m
Swedish: tyngd c, vikt c
Telugu: భారమ� (bhaaramu)
Ukrainian: вага (waha) f
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trans-top|object to make something heavier
Chinese (Simplified): �� (pèi zhòng)
Dutch: gewicht
Finnish: paino
French: poids
German: Gewicht n
Italian: peso m
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Japanese: �� (���, omori)
Portuguese: peso
Romanian: greutate f
Russian: г��з (gruz) m
Swedish: vikt c
Telugu: బర�వ� (baruvu)
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trans-top|measuring weights
Chinese (Simplified): �� (fá m�)
Finnish: punnus
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Japanese: �� (fund�)
Russian: ги�� (gír'a) f
Swedish: vikt c
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trans-top|sport device
Finnish: paino, puntti
German: Gewicht n
Italian: peso m
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Japanese: �� (omori)
Russian: блин (blin) m disc, ги�� (gír'a) f dumbbell, ган�ел� (gantél') f barbell
Swedish: vikt c
Spanish: pesa f
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trans-top|physics: mass
Czech: váha f
Finnish: paino
French: masse
German: Masse f
Italian: massa f
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Japanese: �� (omosa), �� (jūry�), �� (kajū)
Russian: ве� (v'es) m, ма��а (mássa) f
Spanish: masa f
Swedish: massa c
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trans-top|statistics: statistical value
Chinese (Simplified): �� (quán zhòng)
Finnish: painoarvo, painokerroin, paino
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Japanese: �� (omosa), �� (omomi)
Russian: ве� (v'es) m
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ttbc|Hungarian: tömeg
ttbc|Ido : pezo
ttbc|Indonesian: berat
ttbc|Spanish: peso m
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Related terms
weigh

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To add weight to something, in order to make it heavier.
2. transitive To load, burden or oppress someone.
3. context|transitive|mathematics To assign weights to individual statistics.
4. transitive To bias something; to slant.
5. context|transitive|horse racing To handicap a horse with a specified weight.

Translations
trans-top|add weight
German: beschweren
French: alourdir
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Swedish: göra tyngre
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trans-top|oppress
trans-mid
Swedish: tynga
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trans-top|in mathematics
French: pondérer
German: gewichten
trans-mid
Swedish: vikta
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trans-top|to bias, to slant
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trans-top|to handicap a horse
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