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- [meyk-weyt]
- /ˈmeɪkˌweɪt/
- /ˈmeɪk.weɪt/
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- [meyk-weyt]
- /ˈmeɪkˌweɪt/
Definitions of makeweight word
- noun makeweight something put in a scale to complete a required weight. 1
- noun makeweight anything added to supply a lack. 1
- noun makeweight Something put on a scale to make up the required weight. 1
- noun makeweight thing used to balance a scale 1
- noun makeweight person, thing: added to make up the whole 1
- countable noun makeweight If you describe someone or something as a makeweight, you think that they are not good or valuable and that they have been included in an activity in order to fill up a gap. 0
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Origin of makeweight
First appearance:
before 1685 One of the 48% oldest English words
First recorded in 1685-95; make1 + weight
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Parts of speech for Makeweight
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
makeweight popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
makeweight usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for makeweight
noun makeweight
- accompaniment — The accompaniment to a song or tune is the music that is played at the same time as it and forms a background to it.
- consummation — a consummating or being consummated; completion; fulfillment
- rest — a support for a lance; lance rest.
- supplement — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- self-enhancement — to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify: The candlelight enhanced her beauty.
Antonyms for makeweight
noun makeweight
- core — The core of a fruit is the central part of it. It contains seeds or pips.
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- base — The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
- part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- fraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
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