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weight

The correct spelling is weight.

How to pronounce weight

/weɪt/
noun

IPA: /weɪt/

Say it like: Way-t

The correct spelling is weight. (physical) Matter, material. For example: "He's working out with weights."

Usage Examples

He's working out with weights.

the weight of care or business

He was pushing weight.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.(physical) Matter, material.
  2. 2.A large quantity; a sum.
  3. 3.The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
  4. 4.Celebration of the Eucharist.
  5. 5.(usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.

verb

  1. 1.To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
  2. 2.To load, burden or oppress someone.
  3. 3.To assign weights to individual statistics.
  4. 4.To bias something; to slant.
  5. 5.To handicap a horse with a specified weight.

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