weight /weɪt/
1. the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
synset: weight
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
synset: weight, free_weight, exercising_weight
3. the relative importance granted to something; "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed"
synset: weight, weightiness
synset: weight
5. an oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility"
synset: weight
6. a system of units used to express the weight of something
synset: system_of_weights, weight
7. a unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the scale pan"
synset: weight_unit, weight
8. (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
synset: burden, burthen, weight, weight_down
2. present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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