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How to pronounce “overweight”
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Pronunciation guide for overweight
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of overweight with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Why Your Body Fights Weight Loss
and when we take a look at overweight and obesity combined,
- Definition summary
- (of a person) Having a higher weight, especially body fat, than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.
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How to pronounce overweight
Why Your Body Fights Weight Loss

and when we take a look at overweight and obesity combined,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “overweight”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- (of a person) Having a higher weight, especially body fat, than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.
- (transport, law, of a vehicle) Weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce.
- (investment, finance, followed by a noun or prepositional phrase indicating a security or type of security) Having a portfolio relatively heavily invested in.
- [Noun]
- (uncountable, chiefly transport, law) An excess of weight.
- (uncountable, healthcare) The condition of being overweight.
- (countable) An overweight person.
- (countable, investment, finance) A security or class of securities in which one has a heavy concentration.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To weigh down: to put too heavy a burden on.
- (transitive) To place excessive weight or emphasis on; to overestimate the importance of. [from 17th c.]
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