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How to pronounce weights

IPA transcription: ['weɪts]

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Noun

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

  • 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

  • the relative importance granted to something

    “his opinion carries great weight”

    “the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed”

  • an artifact that is heavy

  • an oppressive feeling of heavy force

    “bowed down by the weight of responsibility”

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

  • a system of units used to express the weight of something

  • a unit used to measure weight

    “he placed two weights in the scale pan”

Verb

Usage examples

  • The weights in W can be negative.
  • How do you handle the negative weights?
  • Does it make sense to have negative weights?
  • Pottery, loom weights and animal bone finds suggest some form of occupation however.
  • With three passengers, both weights were normally placed in the baggage compartment.
  • How do you handle the negative weights?
  • The weights in W can be negative.
  • How do you handle the negative weights?
  • The weights in W can be negative.
  • In fact locomotive weights increased considerably in the succeeding years.