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1) (the amount which a person or thing weighs: He's put on a lot of weight (= got much fatter) over the years.) vekt, tyngde2) (a piece of metal etc of a standard weight: seven-pound weight.) lodd3) (a heavy object, especially one for lifting as a sport: He lifts weights to develop his muscles.) byrde4) (burden; load: You have taken a weight off my mind.) tyngde, vekt5) (importance: Her opinion carries a lot of weight.) vektbyrde--------lodd--------tyngde--------vektIsubst. \/weɪt\/1) vekt, tyngde, vektmengde• how can you lose a ten-ton weight of coal?• have you experienced any loss of weight?2) byrde3) lodd4) brevpresse5) ( overført) tyngde, byrde, trykk6) vekt, betydning, innflytelse• do you attach weight to what he's saying?7) tyngdepunkt hos, den samlede kraft (til)8) ( sport) vekt(klasse) (boksing), vektbelastning (hesteveddeløp)9) ( teknikk) trykk, belastning, last10) ( statistikk) vekta matter of weight en viktig sakbe a weight off one's mind være en lettelse for enbe over weight være overvektigbe under weight være undervektigby weight i løsvekt, etter vektgive a light weight ( ved salg) gi for lav vekthave a weight lifted from one's heart\/chest få en sten løftet fra brystet sittin weight på (vekten)lose weight gå ned i vekt, ta avnet weight nettovektof full weight med hele sin tyngdepull one's weight ro av alle krefter ta sin del av ansvaret, dra sin del av lasset, gjøre sittom alle legger seg i selen, kommer vi til å vinneput on weight gå opp i vekt, legge på segput the weight ( sport) støte kuleputting the weight ( sport) kulestøtset of weights loddsetttake the weight off one's feet ( hverdagslig) hvile bena, sette seg nedthrow one's weight about\/around ( hverdagslig) blære seg, gjøre seg viktig, vise seg• don't mind him, he's just throwing his weight aboutikke bry deg om ham, han bare viser segthrow one's weight (behind) (hverdagslig, overført) gjøre sin innflytelse gjeldendethrow the weight of one's influences into the scales anvende all sin innflytelseunit of weight vektenhetweights and measures mål og vektworth one's weight in gold ( overført) verdt sin vekt i gullIIverb \/weɪt\/1) gjøre tyngre, utstyre med tyngde2) ( også overført) belaste, tynge (ned)3) ( overført) tilrettelegge, tilpasse, vinkle• interests which weight policy in the direction of...interesser som styrer politikken i retningen av...4) ( teknikk) fortynge, fylle• is this weighted silk?5) ( statistikk) veieweight an argument legge frem et argument (på en god måte)weight down overlasteweighted average (matematikk, statistikk) veiet middeltall
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throw one's weight about — phrasal see throw one s weight around * * * throw one s weight about 1. To over exercise one s authority 2. To domineer • • • Main Entry: ↑weight … Useful english dictionary
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