weight

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /weɪt/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Homophone: wait

Noun

Singular weight

Plural weights

1. (uncountable) The weight of something is how heavy it is.

   She's put on a lot of weight since she went to university.

   I'm exercising to try to lose some weight.

2. (countable) A weight is a heavy thing that you use to keep something down or that people lift to become stronger.

   Can you put a weight on that paper so that it doesn't blow away?

• 
  Scales measure weight
• 
  A woman lifting weights

Verb

Plain form weight

Third-person singular weights

Past tense weighted

Past participle weighted

Present participle weighting

1. When you weight something, you add weight to it.

   To get your fishing line down to the bottom of the lake, you must weight it.

Related words

• weigh