attach weight to something

attach weight to something
to think that something is important or true and that it should be considered seriously

Both her parents attach great importance to education.

Thesaurus: to value something or someonesynonym
Main entry: attach

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • attach importance to something — attach importance/significance/value/weight/to something phrase to think that something is important or true and that it should be considered seriously Both her parents attach great importance to education. Thesaurus: to value something or… …   Useful english dictionary

  • attach significance to something — attach importance/significance/value/weight/to something phrase to think that something is important or true and that it should be considered seriously Both her parents attach great importance to education. Thesaurus: to value something or… …   Useful english dictionary

  • attach value to something — attach importance/significance/value/weight/to something phrase to think that something is important or true and that it should be considered seriously Both her parents attach great importance to education. Thesaurus: to value something or… …   Useful english dictionary

  • weight — weight1 [ weıt ] noun *** 1. ) uncount a measurement of how heavy a person or thing is: in weight: It was about 12 pounds in weight. lose weight (=become thinner): Have you lost weight? put on/gain weight (=become fatter): Susan gained weight… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • weight — I UK [weɪt] / US noun Word forms weight : singular weight plural weights *** 1) a) [uncountable] a measurement of how heavy a person or thing is in weight: It was about 12 pounds in weight. lose weight (= become thinner): Have you lost weight?… …   English dictionary

  • attach */*/ — UK [əˈtætʃ] / US verb Word forms attach : present tense I/you/we/they attach he/she/it attaches present participle attaching past tense attached past participle attached 1) a) [transitive] to fasten or join one thing to another attach something… …   English dictionary

  • attach — at|tach [ ə tætʃ ] verb ** 1. ) transitive attach to to fasten or join one thing to another: Attach the rope to the branch of a tree. There was a message attached to the flowers. a ) to send something with something else, for example an extra… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • weight — 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… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • weight — ► NOUN 1) a body s relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; heaviness. 2) Physics the force exerted on the mass of a body by a gravitational field. 3) the quality of being heavy. 4) a unit or… …   English terms dictionary

  • weight — noun 1》 a body s relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; heaviness.     ↘Physics the force exerted on the mass of a body by a gravitational field.     ↘the quality of being heavy.     ↘a unit or… …   English new terms dictionary

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