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gravité — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • earnest adj Serious and sincere in intention or feeling.
  • gravity noun The force that pulls objects toward the center of the earth, or more generally, that pulls masses toward each other.
  • seriousness noun The quality of being serious, grave, or important.
  • severity noun The quality of being harsh, strict, or extreme.

Senses

gravité is used for these senses in English:

  • earnest Gravity; serious purpose; earnestness.
  • gravity (physics) The phenomenon that, on earth, objects have weight; the similar phenomenon on other celestial bodies such as the moon.
  • seriousness The state or quality of being serious.
  • severity The degree of something undesirable; badness or seriousness.

earnest — full definition

  1. adj Serious and sincere in intention or feeling.
  2. noun A sum of money paid in advance as a pledge or guarantee that a larger deal will go ahead.

gravity — full definition

  1. noun The force that pulls objects toward the center of the earth, or more generally, that pulls masses toward each other.
  2. noun Seriousness or importance, especially of a situation.

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