heavy
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2.1
- adjective
- /ˈhɛvi/
:
exigente
- After the storm, the heavy tasks of cleanup and recovery began for the community.
- a heavy workload
- heavy lifting
- under heavy pressure
So he had a so the science is heavy and it's long.
- So he had a so the science is heavy and it's long.
- But it's been a heavy, a heavy hit for sure.
- I'm older now and like heavy exercise tends to hurt for days.
- Yeah, I try to lean away from like heavy production.
- It's going to be expert heavy instead of labour heavy.
- The clutch is heavy, but I think it's fun.
- So you know, the, the, the, the heavy conflict here is a nine.
- So that one day is actually probably the most heavy day of the whole thing.
Examples
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And you know, AI is coming hard and heavy at us today.
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The project requires a lot of heavy research to ensure accurate results.
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Well, all I can say is, sir, it's a heavy responsibility.
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Even though this is heavy, I'm sticking with it.
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In this way, participation in the global economy imposes heavy economic and health costs on the Chinese people.
Academic text (2013) -
Berlin itself was subjected to heavy Allied bombing, which continued almost around the clock.
Fiction book (1990) -
Most agree on both its potential for strengthening schooling and its heavy demand on practitioners.
Academic text (2012) -
Trade liberalization has exposed many weak firms to heavy competition from imports, though consumers benefited.
Academic text (1991) -
Japan's foreign-policy makers have not usually come under heavy pressure from the nation's grass-roots movements.
Academic text (1991) -
She felt the heavy workload was starting to take a toll on her health.
Synonyms
∞
1.1
Needing a lot of effort and often strict or severe
∞
1.6
Not easy to do or understand
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2.6
Hard to do or understand and needing a lot of effort
629
3.2
Needing a lot of effort or careful thought
156
4.3
Needing a lot of work, care, or money at the same time
34
4.9
Needing a lot of effort or energy
30
7.0
Very hard and tiring, needing a lot of physical effort
29
7.7
Very difficult to do and needing a lot of effort over a long time
24
8.1
Causes a lot of work or trouble
18
7.1
Causing a lot of extra work or worry
10
6.8
A task or process that needs a lot of time and hard work
4
5.3
A situation or task that is hard to do
1
5.8
Very hard physical work that makes your body tired
1
7.1
Hard to understand or slow to get through
1
8.9
Needing a lot of hard work and making you tired
Needing a lot of time, effort, or attention
Hard to do and leaves you very tired
Needing a lot of hard work and careful attention
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
17
3.4
Large machines like bulldozers or cranes used to move dirt and heavy materials
- Specialized
15
5.2
A large gun like artillery or a heavy machine gun that soldiers move to support troops in war
- Specialized
5
7.8
A kind of water with heavier hydrogen atoms used in some nuclear reactors
5
3.1
A type of loud, powerful rock with strong guitar sounds, fast drums, and angry lyrics
- Specialized
A syllable with a long vowel, two vowel sounds together, or a final consonant that sounds stronger
- Specialized
A large underwater weapon launched from submarines with a very powerful warhead to sink big ships
- Specialized
A tiny piece of matter as heavy as or heavier than a proton that feels the strong force
How Demanding
Surface Forms
Etymology
Heavy comes from Old English hefig, which meant 'weighty' or 'weighing a lot'. So when something is 'heavy' in effort, like heavy breathing or heavy reading, it feels like a weight and needs more energy.