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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

이상체중

Pronunciation / Transliteration: isangchejung

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ideal weight/aɪˈdiː.əl weɪt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14200 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"건강을 유지하려면 이상체중을 아는 것이 도움이 됩니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The weight that is statistically and medically considered most healthful for a person, typically determined by height, age, sex, and build.

    "Her physician calculated her ideal weight based on her height and overall body composition."
  2. 2

    A target bodily weight deemed optimal for peak physical performance in specific sports or athletic disciplines.

    "The wrestler had to carefully monitor his diet to maintain his fighting ideal weight."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'ideal', originating from the Late Latin 'idealis' (from Greek 'idea', form or pattern), and 'weight', derived from the Old English 'wiht' or 'wihče', denoting heaviness or mass. First emerging in medical and health contexts during the early 20th century, the phrase evolved alongside actuarial tables and modern physiological metrics to define a healthful bodily mass.

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