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weight

noun

1 she misjudged the weight of the book:

heaviness, mass, load, burden, pressure, force;

poundage, tonnage;

informal avoirdupois.

2 a recommendation by the committee will carry great weight:

influence, force, leverage, sway, muscle, teeth, importance, significance, consequence, value, substance, power, authority, prestige;

informal clout, beef, pull.

3 that will take a weight off his mind:

burden, load, onus, millstone, millstone around one's neck, albatross, cross to bear, encumbrance;

oppression, trouble, worry, strain;

obligation, responsibility, liability.

4 the weight of the evidence is against him:

preponderance, majority, bulk, mass, greater quantity/number, larger part/number, best/better part, main part, most, almost all, more than half, (main) body, lion's share, predominance, generality.

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gravimetry measurement of weight