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- nouns - Is weightage an English word? - English Language Usage . . .
Is weightage an English word? We use it a lot in India, but I couldn't find it in my Oxford Dictionary
- single word requests - Verb for Placing undue weight on a specific . . .
The subjects tended to overstate the severity of their symptoms when speaking to younger physicians Another casual word for understating is "downplaying" the issue There's not a single-word equivalent, but the phrase "to play up" does have the opposite meaning of to exaggerate the importance of something
- Put more weight on something - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In the transcript of the debate between Russell and Copleston, I found the sentence I'd like to put the main weight on the metaphysical argument Can the phrase quot;put more weight on something
- Is there a word or phrase to say that someones opinion carries more . . .
“A disinterested party” i e someone with no material or reputational interest in a matter I provide this example, not merely to illustrate the reason for not impoverishing the language by using ‘disinterested’ to mean ‘uninterested’, but because it offers a different shade of meaning from ‘unbiased’
- What is the difference between weighted and weighed?
Weighted, on the other hand, is a purely technical term: an adverbish adjective meaning "with added weight," "with some ballast " For instance, the keys on professional electronic pianos are typically weighted They bounce back slower than ordinary plastic keys in order to imitate the "real" piano key action
- Is there an idiom for people who boast too much?
This idiom has the meaning "Better do sth instead of talking about it" while I more needed an idiom to emphasize that sb is boasting about things they can't do But it's a good one too
- Each question carries 0. 5 marks vs Each question carries 0. 5 mark
0 If we refer strictly to dictionary -one of the meanings is- An appraisal; a rating Often used in the plural: earned high marks from her superiors Also used to indicate various grades of academic achievement: got a mark of 95 instead of 100 I can say Each question carrries 0 5 (% weightage) marks
- What is the idiom for holding onto something that is hindering you . . .
Expressions like an albatross around one's neck and a monkey on one's back come to mind But they imply a burden carried unwillingly, whereas you seem to be looking for an expression where the subject unknowingly retains something (a possession, habit, whatever) that hinders progress But perhaps the monkey usage (originally and still primarily used of drug addiction) might match your context
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