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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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- what weight is considered obese
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- what weight kettlebell should i get
viss
English
Alternative forms
- vis
Etymology
Borrowed from Tamil ???? (v?cai) and/or Telugu ???? (v?se)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Noun
viss (plural visses)
- A Burmese unit of measure for weight, approximately 1.63293 kilograms (3.6 pounds).
Related terms
- tical (a unit of weight equal to 0.01 viss)
Translations
Anagrams
- ISVs
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse viss (“certain, sure”), from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz. Cognate with Swedish viss.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?s?/
- Rhymes: -?s?
Adjective
viss (comparative vissari, superlative vissastur)
- certain, sure, positive
- Ertu viss? — Já, ég er alveg viss.
- Are you sure? — Yes, I'm positive.
- Ertu viss? — Já, ég er alveg viss.
- certain, having been determined but unspecific
- Að falla úr vissri hæð.
- To fall from a certain height.
- Að falla úr vissri hæð.
Inflection
Synonyms
- (sure): öruggur, (informal, dated) sikker
- (certain): ákveðinn
Derived terms
- óviss
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *visas, from Proto-Indo-European *wi-so-s, from *wi-, *w?- (“separated, divided; two parts of a whole”). Cognates include Lithuanian vìsas, Sudovian wisa, Proto-Slavic *v?x? (Old Church Slavonic ???? (v?s?), Russian ???? (ves?), Belarusian ?????? (uvjés?), Ukrainian ???? (ves?), ?????? (uvés?), Bulgarian ??? (vse), Czech ves, Polish wszy, Sanskrit ?? (ví, “apart, asunder, off, in several directions”), ????? (ví?va, “all, each, whole”), Avestan ????????????????????-? (v?spa-), Old Persian [script needed] (visa-, “all, whole”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vis]
Adjective
viss (no definite forms; irreg. adv. (none))
- (usually singular) all, whole, entire (considered as a single entity)
- (of time periods, in the accusative) all, whole (during the entire time period)
- (usually plural) all, all the... (the entire group of, without exception)
- (with abstractions entities, ideas) all, full (maximally intense)
Pronoun
viss (indefinite)
- (masculine singular forms) all, everything, anything
- vieta, kur? var?ja atrast visu ko: labo un slikto, jauno un veco, atpalikušo un progres?vo - a place where one could find all that (= all kinds of things): good and bad, new and old, backward and progressive
- (plural forms) all, everyone, everybody
- visi jau ir pa?duši - everybody has already eaten
- visi ir veseli - all are healthy
- n?ca visi kop? - they all came together
- visu v?rd? - in the name of (= on behalf of) everyone
- visi bez iz??muma - everybody, without exception
- visi skraid?ja ap ugunsgr?ku k? apmulsuši, cits caur citu vaiman?dami - everybody (just) ran around the fire confusedly, wailing at each other
- visi, kas no m?tes ir aizg?juši pasaul? laimi mekl?t, ir apg?juši pasaulei apk?rt un atraduši tikai m?ti - all those who went away from their mother to look for happiness in the world, went all around the world and found only (their) mother
Usage notes
Viss has no definite forms; the indefinite forms are used in all cases. It has also no comparative or superlative forms.
Declension
Synonyms
- (of "whole"): vesels
- (for time periods): augs
Antonyms
- (of "everything"): nekas
Derived terms
- All superlative adjectives and superlative adverbs.
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse víss
Adjective
viss (neuter singular visst, definite singular and plural visse)
- certain
- til en viss grad - to a certain extent
Antonyms
- uviss
Derived terms
- visshet
References
- “viss” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??s?/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse víss
Adjective
viss (neuter singular visst, definite singular and plural visse)
- certain
Antonyms
- uviss
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German wes
Conjunction
viss
- if
Synonyms
- dersom
References
- “viss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse viss, from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz. Cognate with Icelandic viss.
Pronunciation
Adjective
viss (comparative vissare, superlative vissast)
- certain, convinced
- Experterna har nu blivit vissa om olyckans orsaker.
- The experts have now become certain regarding the causes of the accident.
- Experterna har nu blivit vissa om olyckans orsaker.
- some, certain, particular (not comparable)
- I vissa avseenden, fungerar det inte.
- In some ways, it doesn't work.
- I vissa avseenden, fungerar det inte.
Declension
Related terms
- visshet
See also
- några
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