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övervikt — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • overweight adj Weighing more than is considered healthy for one's height and build.
  • preponderance noun Superiority in amount or number; the bulk or majority; also, a large amount or number; an abundance, a profusion.

Senses

övervikt is used for these senses in English:

  • overweight (uncountable, chiefly, transport, legal) An excess of weight.
  • preponderance Superiority of influence, power, a quality, etc.; an outweighing, predominance, pre-eminence.

overweight — full definition

  1. adj Weighing more than is considered healthy for one's height and build.
  2. adj Weighing more than the allowed or legal limit.

preponderance — full definition

  1. noun Superiority in amount or number; the bulk or majority; also, a large amount or number; an abundance, a profusion.
  2. noun Superiority of influence, power, a quality, etc.; an outweighing, predominance, pre-eminence.
  3. noun Greater physical weight.
  4. noun The excess of weight of that part of a cannon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.

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