weight meaning and definition

WEIGHT noun

Definition of weight (noun)

1. the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
2. 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
   • synonyms: exercising weight, free weight
3. the relative importance granted to something
   • "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed"
   • synonyms: weightiness
4. an artifact that is heavy
5. an oppressive feeling of heavy force
   • "bowed down by the weight of responsibility"
6. a system of units used to express the weight of something
   • synonyms: system of weights
7. a unit used to measure weight
   • "he placed two weights in the scale pan"
   • synonyms: weight unit
8. (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
   • synonyms: weighting

WEIGHT verb

Definition of weight (verb)

1. weight down with a load
   • synonyms: burden, burthen, weight down
   • antonym: disburden
2. present with a bias
   • "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
   • synonyms: angle, slant