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weight

Noun

  1. 1

    weight

    The degree of an object's heaviness.

    Korean definition: 물건의 무거운 정도.

    • The total weight of the items here reaches 2 to 3 kg.

    • The butcher put the chunk of meat on the scale and measured its weight.

  2. 2

    emphasis

    The degree of importance of an object or phenomenon.

    Korean definition: 사물이나 현상의 중요한 정도.

    • The police seem to be putting weight on the possibility that the witness's claim is false.

    • As prices soar, the argument that the economy will be unstable for a while is gaining weight.

  3. 3

    authority; composure

    The degree of how composed and mature one looks.

    Korean definition: 사람의 침착하고 의젓한 정도.

    • The spokesperson was criticized for his undignified behavior at an official occasion.

    • Judging by the weight his words carry, the situation seems more serious than we thought.

  4. 4

    weight

    The degree of pleasure, pain, responsibility, etc., that one feels in his/her heart.

    Korean definition: 마음으로 느끼는 기쁨, 고통, 책임감 등의 정도.

    • Her face, which I saw for the first time in a long while, had wrinkles, perhaps from the weight of the years.

    • A beautiful poem moves modern people who are crushed by the weight of a weary life.