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(uncountable) Weight. / Heaviness, the feel of weight; heftiness. / (figuratively) Influence; importance. / The act or effort of heaving; violent strain or exertion.

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heft

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heft

IPA(Pronunciation)

/hɛft/

Noun

uncountable countable figuratively US colloquial dated

Japanese Meaning

重さ；物体が持つ物理的な重量 / 触れたときに感じる重み、重量感 / 比喩的に、影響力や重要性 / 持ち上げる行為、激しい力みや努力を要する動作

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The heft of the old book surprised me when I picked it up.

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古い本を手に取ったとき、その重さに驚いた。

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Sense（1）

(uncountable) Weight.

a man of his age and heft

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Sense（2）

Heaviness, the feel of weight; heftiness.

A high quality hammer should have good balance and heft.

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Sense（3）

(figuratively) Influence; importance.

Put more baldly, the reason why Republicans and British Conservatives started giving each other copies of Atlas Shrugged in the 80s was that Rand seemed to grant intellectual heft to the prevailing ethos of the time.

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