"heavyweight" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈhɛ.vi.weɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-heavyweight.wav
enPR: en Etymology: heavy + weight Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{affix|en|heavy|weight}} heavy + weight Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} heavyweight (not comparable)
  1. Of the heavyweight boxing (or similar) division. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-heavyweight-en-adj-SD3iYzCM
  2. Being relatively heavy. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-heavyweight-en-adj-3dkscCRi
  3. Being a leader in one's field. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-heavyweight-en-adj-ld~MtJa8
  4. Important or impressive. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-heavyweight-en-adj-Chef6Qej
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: lightweight, midweight

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhɛ.vi.weɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-heavyweight.wav Forms: heavyweights [plural]
enPR: en Etymology: heavy + weight Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{affix|en|heavy|weight}} heavy + weight Head templates: {{en-noun}} heavyweight (plural heavyweights)
  1. A very large, heavy, or impressive person. Translations (large, heavy or impressive person): sværvægter [common-gender] (Danish), raskassarjalainen (Finnish), მძიმეწონიანი (mʒimec̣oniani) (Georgian), Schwergewicht [neuter] (German), þungavigtar [masculine] (Icelandic), tungvekter [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tungvektar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), тяжелове́с (tjaželovés) [masculine] (Russian), pez gordo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-heavyweight-en-noun-JAwG1YV5 Disambiguation of 'large, heavy or impressive person': 93 6 2
  2. (uncountable, boxing) The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Boxing Translations (weight class in boxing and other sports): тежка категория (težka kategorija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), sværvægt [common-gender] (Danish), raskassarja (Finnish), poids lourd [masculine] (French), Schwergewicht [neuter] (German), þungavigtar [masculine] (Icelandic), хүнд жин (xünd žin) (Mongolian), tungvekt [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tungvekt [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), waga ciężka [feminine] (Polish), categorie grea [feminine] (Romanian), тяжелове́с (tjaželovés) [masculine] (Russian), tungvikt [common-gender] (Swedish), ağır sıklet (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-heavyweight-en-noun-LT2Vo4um Categories (other): English bahuvrihi compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 17 5 5 2 2 55 14 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 1 1 1 3 77 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 8 4 2 1 5 73 7 Topics: boxing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war Disambiguation of 'weight class in boxing and other sports': 0 82 18
  3. (uncountable, by extension) A similar division and contestant in other sports. Tags: broadly, uncountable
    Sense id: en-heavyweight-en-noun-kgjsudYN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: junior heavyweight, light heavyweight, non-heavyweight, nonheavyweight, superheavyweight

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "text": "Audio (Southern England"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "en"
    }
  ],
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "large, heavy or impressive person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sværvægter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large, heavy or impressive person",
      "word": "raskassarjalainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mʒimec̣oniani",
      "sense": "large, heavy or impressive person",
      "word": "მძიმეწონიანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large, heavy or impressive person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schwergewicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "large, heavy or impressive person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "þungavigtar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "large, heavy or impressive person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tungvekter"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "large, heavy or impressive person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tungvektar"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tjaželovés",
      "sense": "large, heavy or impressive person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тяжелове́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "large, heavy or impressive person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pez gordo"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "težka kategorija",
      "sense": "weight class in boxing and other sports",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тежка категория"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "weight class in boxing and other sports",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sværvægt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "weight class in boxing and other sports",
      "word": "raskassarja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "weight class in boxing and other sports",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poids lourd"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "weight class in boxing and other sports",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schwergewicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "weight class in boxing and other sports",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "þungavigtar"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xünd žin",
      "sense": "weight class in boxing and other sports",
      "word": "хүнд жин"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "weight class in boxing and other sports",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tungvekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "weight class in boxing and other sports",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tungvekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "weight class in boxing and other sports",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "waga ciężka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "weight class in boxing and other sports",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "categorie grea"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tjaželovés",
      "sense": "weight class in boxing and other sports",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тяжелове́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "weight class in boxing and other sports",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tungvikt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "weight class in boxing and other sports",
      "word": "ağır sıklet"
    }
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    "heavyweight"
  ],
  "word": "heavyweight"
}

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    "English adjective-noun compound nouns",
    "English adjectives",
    "English bahuvrihi compounds",
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keh₂p-",
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    "English terms with audio links",
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      "name": "root"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "word": "lightweight"
    },
    {
      "word": "midweight"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "Of the heavyweight boxing (or similar) division."
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      ],
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      "glosses": [
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        {
          "ref": "2016 October 24, Owen Gibson, “Is the unthinkable happening – are people finally switching the football off?”, in The Guardian, London",
          "text": "The Olympics, the weather and a comparative lack of heavyweight clashes so far this season have been cited as reasons for the drop in viewers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC",
          "text": "In recent years, much has been made of the lack of new heavyweight male star power in mainstream Hollywood. Talented performers may be everywhere, but Movie Stars, capital M, capital S, are something else.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Important or impressive."
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          "impressive"
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      "ipa": "/ˈhɛ.vi.weɪt/"
    },
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      "text": "Audio (Southern England"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "en"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "heavyweight"
  ],
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}

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