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heavyweight Definition

heavy·weight (hevē wāt′)

noun

  1. a person or animal weighing much more than average
  2. an athlete, in any of various sports, who is in the heaviest weight division or classification; specif., a boxer in the heaviest weight classification, typically weighing over 195 pounds (88.45 kg)
  3. Informal a very intelligent, influential, or important person

adjective

  1. heavy in weight
  2. of heavyweights

heavyweight Usage Examples

Converse of object

include: Of the preliminary one couple brought and included an editorial heavyweights rich.

Adjective modifier

  • editorial: Wages for the daughter home from editorial heavyweights rich deck quotes also.
  • literary: Directed by Barry Levinson Running time 133 mins Certificate 12 What an amazing week for adaptations of works by literary heavyweights.
  • political: Council leader Donald Anderson said: " Jim Gilchrist was one of the real political heavyweights in Scottish local government.
  • such: He will be up against such heavyweights as Michael Parkinson and Des O'Connor.
  • great: Sports writers were rating him one of the great heavyweights of all time.
  • other: If he just wanted to show off he wouldn't employ four other heavyweights of the contemporary jazz scene to play his music.

Modifies a noun

  • boxer: Williams is a fairly talented heavyweight boxer - he is arguably of the pugilist mold.
  • champ: Read on to see what the heavyweight champ 's attorney has to say.
  • champion: With World War II looming, was a German heavyweight champion warned by Adolf Hitler to beat Joe Louis or else?
  • contender: Verdict A true heavyweight contender for the ultimate DVD player accolade.
  • bout: Who was the first man to use oxygen in his corner during a heavyweight championship bout?
  • monster: There are fairly few traps; instead the fights rely on the the placement of the heavyweight monsters to do damage.

Modifying Another Word

  • fairly: Warning: the license agreement is a fairly heavyweight legal document.
  • too: Entertaining, but don't expect anything too heavyweight.
  • pretty: This makes it a great resource, the only problem being it's pretty heavyweight to sing from.

Noun used with modifier

  • editorial: Editorial heavyweights rich the typical nr wages for the eastern standard time.
  • industry: It promises to be a fascinating look at the future of British broadcasting, from one of the industry heavyweights.
  • tech: Other tech heavyweights, including Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, Google and Yahoo, have plans to hire employees in India.
  • medium: By contrast, the other early evening event provided a platform for three media heavyweights to offer an irreverent view of the year.

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