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1. (n.) gravity
the force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth.
2. gravity
heaviness or weight.
3. gravity
gravitation in general.
4. gravity
serious or critical nature:
to ignore the gravity of one's illness.
5. gravity
serious or dignified behavior.
6. gravity
lowness in pitch, as of sounds.
Etymology: (1500–10; < L gravitās heaviness =grav(is) heavy, grave2+-itās -ity)
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1. (noun) gravity, gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force
(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface
"the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein
2. (noun) graveness, gravity, sobriety, soberness, somberness, sombreness
a manner that is serious and solemn
3. (noun) gravity, solemnity
a solemn and dignified feeling
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1. (noun) gravity
the physical force that causes objects to fall to the ground
the pull of gravity
2. gravity
the fact of being serious and bad
The gravity of the situation was rapidly becoming clear.
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1. (adj) gravity
the state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead
2. (adj) gravity
sobriety of character or demeanor
3. (adj) gravity
importance, significance, dignity, etc; hence, seriousness; enormity; as, the gravity of an offense
4. (adj) gravity
the tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation
5. (adj) gravity
lowness of tone; -- opposed to acuteness
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Sense: serious, sad
a grave expression.; The gravity of the situation was clear to us all.
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 Afrikaans: erns |
 Arabic: جاذِبِيَّه |
 Bulgarian: важност |
 Brazilian: gravidade |
 Czech: vážnost, závažnost |
 German: der Ernst |
 Danish: alvor; tyngde |
 Greek: σοβαρότητα |
 Spanish: gravedad, seriedad |
 Estonian: tõsidus |
 Farsi: وخامت |
 Finnish: vakavuus |
 French: gravité |
 Hebrew: חוּמרָה, רְצִינוּת |
 Hindi: गंभीरता |
 Croatian: težina |
 Hungarian: komolyság, súly |
 Indonesian: berat |
 Icelandic: þyngdarafl |
 Italian: gravità |
 Japanese: 重大さ |
 Korean: 중대함 |
 Lithuanian: rimtumas |
 Latvian: nopietnība; svarīgums |
 Malay: keseriusan |
 Dutch: ernst |
 Norwegian: alvor |
 Polish: powaga |
 Persian: وخامت |
 Pashto: درنښت، اهميت، جديت: تول ( |
 Portuguese: gravidade |
 Romanian: gravitate |
 Russian: серьёзность |
 Slovak: vážnosť |
 Slovenian: resnost |
 Serbian: ozbiljnost |
 Swedish: allvar |
 Thai: ความรุนแรง |
 Turkish: ciddiyet |
 Taiwanese: 嚴重性 |
 Ukrainian: серйозність |
 Urdu: سنجیدگی |
 Vietnamese: tính quan trọng |
 Chinese: 严重性 |
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