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  • 11weight — 1 /weIt/ noun 1 WHAT SB/STH WEIGHS (C, U) how heavy something is when measured by a particular system: The average weight of a baby at birth is just over seven pounds. 2 HOW FAT (U) how heavy and especially how fat someone is: A lot of teenage… …

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  • 12weight — n. & v. n. 1 Physics a the force experienced by a body as a result of the earth s gravitation (cf. MASS(1) n. 8). b any similar force with which a body tends to a centre of attraction. 2 the heaviness of a body regarded as a property of it; its… …

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  • 13Weight loss — Classification and external resources ICD 9 783.21 For the episode of the American version of The Office, see Weight Loss (The Office). Weight loss, in the context of medicine, health or phys …

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  • 14Evidence-based management — (EBMgt) is an emerging movement to explicitly use the current, best evidence in management decision making. Its roots are in evidence based medicine, a quality movement to apply the scientific method to medical practice. Evidence based management …

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  • 15weight of the evidence — n. The relative value of the total evidence presented by one side of a judicial proceeding when compared to the evidence presented by the other. The phrase refers to the persuasiveness of the testimony of witnesses and the physical evidence… …

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  • 16Weight stigma — Weight stigma, also known as weightism, weight bias, and weight based discrimination, refers to invidiously discriminatory attitudes towards overweight/obese individuals that influence interpersonal interactions. Weight stigma reflects… …

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  • 17weight — [wāt] n. [ME weiht, altered (infl. by weien, WEIGH1) < OE wiht < wegan: see WEIGH1] 1. a portion or quantity weighing a definite or specified amount [ten pounds weight of lead] 2. a) heaviness as a quality of things …

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  • 18Evidence (policy debate) — Evidence in policy debate is organized into units called cards . Cards are designed to condense an author s argument so that debaters have an easy way to access the information. A card is composed of three parts: the tag, the cite, and the body.… …

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  • 19weight — I (burden) noun care, cumbrance, duty, encumbrance, incubus, liability, load, mass, obligation, onus, oppression, ponderousness, pressure, responsibility II (credibility) noun belief, certainty, confidence, credence, credibleness, credit, faith,… …

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  • 20Evidence — (Roget s Thesaurus) >On one side. < N PARAG:Evidence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 evidence evidence Sgm: N 1 facts facts premises data praecognita grounds GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 indication indication &c. 550 …

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