Weight

What “Weight” means

Noun

1. The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.
2. An object used to make something heavier.
3. A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
4. Importance or influence.
5. An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.

Verb

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

Where the word comes from

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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Industries where “Weight” fits

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• Diet and Weight Reducing Centers