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weight
The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
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noun
The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
noun
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
noun
The relative importance granted to something
“His opinion carries great weight”
noun
An artifact that is heavy
noun
An oppressive feeling of heavy force
“Bowed down by the weight of responsibility”
noun
A system of units used to express the weight of something
noun
A unit used to measure weight
“He placed two weights in the scale pan”
noun
(statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
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Weight down with a load
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Present with a bias
“He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders”
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His opinion carries great weight
The progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed
Bowed down by the weight of responsibility
He placed two weights in the scale pan
He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders
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