extra weight
collocation in Englishmeaningsofextraandweight
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extra
adjective
uk/ˈek.strə/us/ˈek.strə/
added to what ...
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weight
noun
uk/weɪt/us/weɪt/
the amount that something or ...
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(Definition ofextraandweightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This comment carriedextraweightin an age where political rallies were held in the theater.
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The advice is a genuine rule for the players who give itextraweight, but not for the ones who do not.
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This allows a small amount ofextraweightto be added to achieve neutral buoyancy before the experiment starts.
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We attachextraweightto larger complaints by requiring that the weighting function be strictly increasing in its argument.
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These wires have a strong influence on the platform's motion as long as noextraweightis put on the platform.
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This is because the conditions do not specify how much priority (extraweight) the benefits to worse-off people should have (with respect to equality promotion).
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The data suggest that both the integer and fractional ranks (viewed separately) have a geometric distribution, with someextraweighton the smallest values.
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This throwsextraweighton the second kind of evidence, that derived from the analyses of political process, which show how the left and centre-left opposed and mitigated retrenchment.
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Suppose that we start from a particular version of prioritarianism - a view that assigns a specificextraweightto benefits for people who are badly off.
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The additional cost is £6 a wagon and theextraweight1 cwt.
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The present circumstances lendextraweightto the importance of that side of the matter.
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The crucial argument in the debate on heavier vehicles is whether theextraweightis permissible.
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But we shall get thisextraweightof beef coming forward from next year.
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This unintended unfairness bore withextraweightupon my constituency for two reasons.
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I am also concerned about theextraweightthat will be carried by aircraft.
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Of course, it could ifextraweightwere carried.
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That, in itself, should lend the guidanceextraweightwhile preserving the need for flexibility.
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He is agreeing toextraweightfor them.
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