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The scale showed the box's weight.
What does Weight mean?
Weight means how heavy something feels.
Dictionary definition
How heavy something is because of gravity pulling on it.
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Weight in a sentence
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In science, weight depends on gravity pulling on an object.
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Weight is different from mass because weight can change with gravity.
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What does weight mean?
The correct meaning is: Weight means how heavy something feels.
Practice 2
Which word is closest in meaning to weight?
Heaviness is close in meaning to weight in this context.
Practice 3
Which word or phrase is a useful contrast for weight?
Lightness contrasts with weight in this dictionary entry.
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MeaningWeight means how heavy something feels.
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lightnessUse for the quality of not being heavy.
weightlessnessUse when there is little or no felt weight.
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Word family
Weight word family
Base word
weigh
noun
weight
How heavy something is because of gravity.
adjective
weighted
Made heavier or given importance.
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Weight means how heavy something feels.
Common mix-up
Weight is related to gravity and heaviness. It is not exactly the same as mass in science.
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Write one sentence that shows weight without using the word weight. Then underline clue words that show how heavy something feels. Example: In science, weight depends on gravity pulling on an object. Clue words: science, depends, gravity, pulling, object Now try your own sentence. Ask: Does my sentence show how heavy something feels?
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Ask students to explain this model sentence: "In science, weight depends on gravity pulling on an object." Why does weight fit better than lightness?
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