WEIGHT

• (noun) an artifact that is heavy

• (noun) sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms

  synonyms : exercising weight , free weight

• (noun) the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity

• (noun) the relative importance granted to something

  "his opinion carries great weight", "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed"

  synonyms : weightiness

• (noun) an oppressive feeling of heavy force

  "bowed down by the weight of responsibility"

• (noun) (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

  synonyms : weighting

• (noun) a unit used to measure weight

  "he placed two weights in the scale pan"

  synonyms : weight unit

• (noun) a system of units used to express the weight of something

  synonyms : system of weights

• (verb) present with a bias

  "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"

  synonyms : angle , slant

• (verb) weight down with a load

  synonyms : burden , burthen , weight down

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