weight
To add weight to somethingTo add weight to something; to make something heavier.
» I'm just worried about my weight.
Ich mach mir nur Sorgen um mein Gewicht.
Ich mach mir nur Sorgen um meine Figur.
Я просто занепокоєний моєю вагою.
Meaning
7 senses(transitive)To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
beschweren, gewichten
weight down with a load
To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
(transitive)To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight.
(transitive)To load, burden or oppress someone.
(transitive)To assign weights to individual statistics.
gewichten
(transitive)To bias something; to slant.
The criteria governing the choice of candidate were heavily weighted in his favor.
present with a bias
(transitive)To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
(transitive)To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.
Examples
1445 sentencesI'm just worried about my weight.
Я просто занепокоєний моєю вагою. — brambury
deIch mach mir nur Sorgen um mein Gewicht. — virgil
He tried to reduce his weight.
Він намагався схуднути. — deniko
She really wants to lose weight.
Вона дуже хоче схуднути. — deniko
ruОна очень хочет похудеть. — pandabear
deSie will wirklich abnehmen. — Yorwba
I'm very worried about my weight.
Я дуже стурбований своєю вагою. — deniko
ruМеня очень беспокоит мой вес. — averoes
deIch mache mir große Sorgen um mein Gewicht. — Yorwba
I have to lose some weight.
Мені треба трохи схуднути. — deniko
ruМне надо немного похудеть. — marafon
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English weight, weiȝte, weght, wight, from Old English wiht, ġewiht (“weight”)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).
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Forms
weights, weighting, weighted, weightedSynonyms
5 synonyms- present with a bias:slantangle
- weight down with a load:burdenburthenweight down
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- lose weight
- to lose weight
- lose some weight
- lot of weight
- gained weight
- the same weight
- put on weight
- some weight
- a little weight
- same weight as
- same weight
- much weight