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light-weight

light-weight
L l

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [lahyt weyt]
    • /laɪt weɪt/
    • /laɪt weɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [lahyt weyt]
    • /laɪt weɪt/

Definitions of light-weight word

  • noun light-weight light displacement. 1
  • noun Definition of light-weight in Technology (jargon)   Opposite of heavy-weight; usually found in combining forms such as "light-weight process". 1

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Origin of light-weight

First appearance:

before 1765
One of the 46% newest English words
First recorded in 1765-75

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Light-weight

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

light-weight popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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