weight
/weɪt/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.02 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances).
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper."
- "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."
- ""You surely are a man of some weight around here," I said."
- "He's working out with weights. Weight-bearing exercise is now understood to be just as important as cardio."
- "I prefer weights over machines."
- "I'm the same weight as I was ten years ago."
Etymology
From Middle English weight, weiȝte, weght, wight, from Old English wiht, ġewiht (“weight”), from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz ("weight"; compare *weganą (“to move”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move; pull; draw; drive”). Equivalent to weigh + -t (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots wecht, weicht (“weight”), Saterland Frisian Wächte (“scale”), Gewicht (“weight”), West Frisian gewicht (“weight”), Dutch gewicht (“weight”), German Low German Wicht, Gewicht (“weight”), German Wucht (“massiveness, force”), Gewicht (“weight”).