weight

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   How heavy something or someone is.

   I'm about the same weight as I was ten years ago.

2. 2
   noun

   The importance or influence that something has.

   Her opinion carries great weight in the team.

3. 3
   noun

   A heavy object, especially one lifted in exercise to build strength.

   He works out with weights at the gym three times a week.

4. 4
   noun

   A feeling of heavy pressure or responsibility.

   She felt the full weight of responsibility on her shoulders.

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”).

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