weight
/weɪt/
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Translation
How heavy something is; how much it weighs.
Word origin
From Old English gewiht, meaning the heaviness of a thing, from the verb to weigh.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- gewiht
Grammar
Gender
Pluralweights
Examples
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"Weight" is how heavy something is.
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Here "weight" asks how much the bag weighs.
gym.
"Weights" is the plural, here meaning heavy objects used for exercise.
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