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How to pronounce “heavyweight”
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Pronunciation guide for heavyweight
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of heavyweight with real speech in context.
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- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Krazy Kat, the Poetics of Passing
he had seized the heavyweight championship of the world.
- Definition summary
- A very large, heavy, or impressive person.
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How to pronounce heavyweight
Krazy Kat, the Poetics of Passing

he had seized the heavyweight championship of the world.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “heavyweight”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A very large, heavy, or impressive person.
- (uncountable, boxing) The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division.
- (uncountable, by extension) A similar division and contestant in other sports.
- [Adjective]
- Of the heavyweight boxing (or similar) division.
- Being relatively heavy.
- Being a leader in one's field.
- Important or impressive.
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