Meaning of weight In English

• 0 the amount that something or someone weighs:

  • What weight can this lorry safely carry?

  • There was a slight decrease in his weight after a week of dieting.

  • Try not to lift heavy weights.

  • I lift weights twice a week at the gym.

• 1 respect, influence, trust, or importance:

  • Her experience does give her opinions quite a bit of weight.

  • After he was voted out of office, few people attached much weight to what he said.

  • Radical views don't carry much weight any more.

• 2 to fasten something heavy to something:

  • Paper tablecloths need to be weighted down or they blow away in the wind.

• 3 a quality of an object that is a measure of the force by which the earth attracts it, or an object considered as having this quality:

  • [ U ] The maximum weight the bridge can support is 15 tons.

  • [ U ] You’ve lost some weight since the last time I saw you.

  • [ U ] I don’t want to put on weight (= become heavier).

  • [ C ] When lifting a heavy weight, keep your back straight and bend your knees.

  • [ C ] a one-pound weight

  • [ C ] He lifts weights.

• 4 influence:

  • Her word carried weight with her neighbors.

• 5 how heavy something or someone is:

  • The Directive mandates that 85% of the weight of the vehicle must be reused or recycled.

  • by weight Metal products for children should not consist of more than 0.06% lead, by weight.

  • increase/decrease in weight Cars have increased in weight and fuel economy has suffered accordingly.

• 6 any object that is heavy:

  • The warehouse work involves the lifting of heavy weights.

• 7 the quality of being heavy:

  • Most fabrics need interfacing to support the weight of buttons.

• 8 a unit or system of units used for expressing how much an object weighs:

  • Imperial weights and measures were introduced in the 13th century.

• 9 respect, influence, trust, or importance:

  • The Association's reports carry weight because it stands for independence and integrity.

  • The guidelines give greater weight to economic potential.

  • Few people attached much weight to the findings of the enquiry.

• 10 to use all your influence to support something:

  • The building firm threw its weight behind criticism of the government's new planning restrictions.

• 11 suffering problems or difficulties caused by something:

  • The American economy is slowing down under the weight of higher interest rates.

• 12 to give greater or lesser values to things to show how important they are compared to each other:

  • be weighted according to sth Each country's growth rate is weighted according to its share of world GDP.

  • be weighted by sth Most indexes are weighted by market value.

  • The results have been weighted to take account of household size.

• 13 to organize something in a way that is likely to produce an advantage or disadvantage:

  • be weighted against sb/sth In the marketplace, costs are weighted against smaller investors.

  • be weighted in favour of/towards sb/sth The labour market is heavily weighted toward skilled jobseekers.