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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

peso ideale

Pronunciation / Transliteration: peso i-de-a-le

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Target weight/ˈtɑːrɡɪt weɪt/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #8500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il nutrizionista ha calcolato il suo peso ideale."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The specific body weight that an individual aims to achieve through diet, exercise, or medical intervention.

    "Her doctor helped her establish a healthy target weight for her height and age."
  2. 2

    The predetermined or ideal mass specified for an object, product, or cargo during manufacturing or logistics.

    "The engineers adjusted the structural components to ensure the vehicle met its exact target weight."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a combination of 'target' (derived from the Old French 'targite', diminutive of 'targe', a light shield) and 'weight' (from Old English 'wiht', meaning heaviness or a measure of weight). Together in modern health and fitness contexts, it refers to a specific goal weight that an individual aims to achieve.

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