🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

가벼운

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gabyeoun

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
lightweight/ˈlaɪt.weɪt/
adjectivenounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4520 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 가벼운 재킷을 입었습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Of little weight; not heavy.

    "She wore a lightweight jacket for the cool summer evening."
As noun
  1. 1

    A person of little importance, influence, or intellectual capacity.

    "He was dismissed as a political lightweight."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

First recorded in the late 19th century, originating in boxing and other sports to describe a competitor of a specified low weight class, combining 'light' and 'weight'.

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