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Word entry · 6 letters

weight

Best crossword clue

"Number on a scale"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /weɪt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eghitwStarts with WEnds with T2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. present with a bias

Word origin

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).

Used in a sentence

  • Another knight came to settle on the island, a man of much weight and position, on whom the Adelantados of all the island relied, and who was made a magistrate.
  • "You surely are a man of some weight around here," I said.
  • He's working out with weights. Weight-bearing exercise is now understood to be just as important as cardio.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Number on a scale6 letters
02How heavy something is6 letters

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