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weight
English
Etymology
From Middle English weight, wei?te, weght, wight, from Old English wiht, ?ewiht (“weight”), from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz ("weight"; compare *wegan? (“to move”)), from Proto-Indo-European *we??- (“to move; pull; draw; drive”).
Cognate with Scots wecht, weicht (“weight”), Saterland Frisian Wächte (“scale”) and Gewicht (“weight”), West Frisian gewicht (“weight”), Dutch gewicht (“weight”), German Low German Wicht, Gewicht (“weight”) and German Gewicht (“weight”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: w?t, IPA(key): /we?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
- Homophone: wait
Noun
weight (countable and uncountable, plural weights)
- The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is primarily influenced by).
- An object used to make something heavier.
- A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
- Importance or influence.
- 1907 Alonso de Espinosa, Hakluyt Society & Sir Clements Robert Markham, The Guanches of Tenerife: the holy image of Our Lady of Candelaria, and the Spanish conquest and settlement, Printed for the Hakluyt Society, p116
- Another knight came to settle on the island, a man of much weight and position, on whom the Adelantados of all the island relied, and who was made a magistrate.
- 1945 Mikia Pezas, The price of liberty, I. Washburn, Inc., p11
- "You surely are a man of some weight around here," I said.
- 1907 Alonso de Espinosa, Hakluyt Society & Sir Clements Robert Markham, The Guanches of Tenerife: the holy image of Our Lady of Candelaria, and the Spanish conquest and settlement, Printed for the Hakluyt Society, p116
- (weightlifting) An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
- (lubricants) viscosity rating.
- (physics) Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances)
- (physics, proscribed) Synonym of mass (in general circumstances)
- (measurement) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
- (statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
- (topology) The smallest cardinality of a base.
- (typography) The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
- (visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
- (visual art) The illusion of mass.
- (visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.
- Pressure; burden.
- The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
- (slang, uncountable) Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.
- (slang, countable) One pound of drugs, especially cannabis.
- 2002, Nicholas Dorn, Karim Murji, Nigel South, Traffickers: Drug Markets and Law Enforcement (page 5)
- [I was] doing a weight [1 lb. at that time] a week, sometimes more, sometimes less.
- 2002, Nicholas Dorn, Karim Murji, Nigel South, Traffickers: Drug Markets and Law Enforcement (page 5)
- (criminal slang, dated) Money.
- 1974, Martin R. Haskell, ?Lewis Yablonsky, Crime and Delinquency (page 96)
- No matter how much money he makes, he is still a soldier, but he has the weight.
- 1974, Martin R. Haskell, ?Lewis Yablonsky, Crime and Delinquency (page 96)
Alternative forms
- wt. (abbreviation)
Derived terms
Related terms
- weigh
Coordinate terms
- mass
- inertial mass
- gravitational mass
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???? (ueito)
- ? Burmese: ???? (wit)
Translations
Verb
weight (third-person singular simple present weights, present participle weighting, simple past and past participle weighted)
- (transitive) To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
- (transitive, dyeing) To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight.
- (transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone.
- (transitive, mathematics) To assign weights to individual statistics.
- (transitive) To bias something; to slant.
- (transitive, horse racing) To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
- (transitive, sports) To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.
Translations
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hardship
English
Etymology
From Middle English hardshipe, equivalent to hard +? -ship.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?h??d???p/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h??d???p/
- Hyphenation: hard?ship
Noun
hardship (countable and uncountable, plural hardships)
- Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
Antonyms
- softship
Translations
Verb
hardship (third-person singular simple present hardships, present participle hardshipping, simple past and past participle hardshipped)
- (transitive) To treat (a person) badly; to subject to hardships.
- 1969, Tract Series (issues 96-129, page 529)
- […] an adjustment of the income tax could easily produce the twenty millions without hardshipping any industrious person in the community […]
- 1969, Tract Series (issues 96-129, page 529)
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