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I think there's a settled quality, there's a gravitas that comes with aging and with being a parent because you certainly come to recognize that there's nothing else that takes greater priority than raising your children.
Benjamin Bratt

Meaning of "gravitas" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GRAVITAS

From Latin gravitās weight, from gravis heavy.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GRAVITAS

gravitas  [ˈɡrævɪˌtæs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRAVITAS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gravitas is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GRAVITAS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gravitas

Gravitas was one of the Roman virtues, along with pietas, dignitas and virtus. It may be translated variously as weight, seriousness and dignity, also importance, and connotes a certain substance or depth of personality.

Definition of gravitas in the English dictionary

The definition of gravitas in the dictionary is seriousness, solemnity, or importance.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRAVITAS


caritas
ˈkærɪˌtæs
centas
ˈtsæntæs
demitasse
ˈdɛmɪˌtæs
iconostas
aɪˈkɒnəˌstæs
tace
tæs
tarantass
ˌtɑːrənˈtæs
tass
tæs
tasse
tæs
vanitas
ˈvænɪˌtæs
veritas
ˈvɛrɪˌtæs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRAVITAS

graviperception
gravitate
gravitation
gravitational
gravitational constant
gravitational field
gravitational force
gravitational interaction
gravitational lens
gravitational mass
gravitational pull
gravitational wave
gravitationally
gravitative
gravities
gravitino
gravitometer
graviton
gravity
gravity anomaly

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRAVITAS

Amfortas
as
as far as
as good as
as long as
as soon as
as well as
Bahamas
braatas
broughtas
canvas
Christmas
Dallas
fajitas
in vino veritas
litas
Oireachtas
Pelotas
Pocahontas
Saktas

Synonyms and antonyms of gravitas in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GRAVITAS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «gravitas» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of gravitas

Translation of «gravitas» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRAVITAS

Find out the translation of gravitas to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gravitas from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gravitas» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

庄严
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gravitas
570 millions of speakers

English

gravitas
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गंभीरता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الوقار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

многозначительность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gravitas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

gravitas
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gravitas
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gravitas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gravitas
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

真剣さ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

엄숙
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gravitas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trang trọng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொறுப்புணர்வு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्रेविटस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gravitas
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gravitas
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gravitas
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

багатозначність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

solemnitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βαρύτητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gravitas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gravitas
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gravitas
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gravitas

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRAVITAS»

The term «gravitas» is regularly used and occupies the 63.223 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRAVITAS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «gravitas» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «gravitas» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gravitas

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6 QUOTES WITH «GRAVITAS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word gravitas.
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Joe Anderson
When you read something in script form, there are some subtleties that stand out with far greater gravitas than sometimes what you see on screen.
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Benjamin Bratt
I think there's a settled quality, there's a gravitas that comes with aging and with being a parent because you certainly come to recognize that there's nothing else that takes greater priority than raising your children.
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Ariel Dorfman
Those who have never suffered the iniquities of exile cannot possibly understand the significance, the gravitas, of a mattress.
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Morgan Freeman
I gravitate towards gravitas.
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Oscar Hijuelos
I teach at Duke, and I have students who are all of twenty who want to write memoirs, and you know it's all pretty interesting stuff, but a lot of them lack gravitas, you know.
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Ryan Hurst
Bikers, in general, have just been so attractive to people. Photographers would follow them because there's this weird warrior gravitas that comes with it. The bikes are loud, they have tattoos, they have artwork that they all wear on their jackets.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRAVITAS»

Discover the use of gravitas in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gravitas and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gravitas
The city is a haven for dreamers and idealists who spend their time in ornately mundane ways.
S. Christopher, 2007
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Gravitas: Communicate with Confidence, Influence and Authority
it in his voice. He feels deeply about his content and he shares that feeling with his audience to move them to action. The more you know what to look for, the more you spot the gravitas equation at work in others. When someone is memorable, ...
Caroline Goyder, 2014
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Gravitas, Punctilio, Rectitude & Pippy Bags
Frank Key. biddy would somehow be able to help me, so I told her of my travails, but not in so much detail that she would grow fractious and thump me into silence . That kind of thing has happened to me in the past, I'm afraid to say, for I can get  ...
Frank Key
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Moral and devotional theology of the Church of Rome, ...
The third point is not gravitas furti, but gravitas materia, or quantitas furti. So above you have spoken of gravitas peccati in place of gravitas materia. There is a further risk of confusion from this use of the word furti, for it is in itself an ambiguous ...
Frederick Meyrick, 1857
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Moral Theology of the Church of Rome
That this is S. Alfonso's teaching I believe we should agree ; that it is right, so far as the two first conditions go, we are also agreed : the difficulty is about the last condition, " gravitas materiae." 4. To know whether the condition of gravitas ...
Frederick Meyrick, 1856
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The philosophical transactions (from the year 1720 to the ...
Sit ergo gravitas in A versus y, data & = *-, gravitas in A versus C, data & =p, & vis centrifuga in A, etiam data&=/. Sit AC = «, C y — b, c g~r \ sinus ang. D C P = h pro radio = i ; erit G L = b r, & e y demissa perpendicular! y R in radium C D ...
REID, 1733
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De Quaestione Num Quid Momenti Habeat Gravitas in Processu ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Gerardus Vering, 2012
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Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Vintage Enthusiasms: Essays ...
Chapter. 23. Collective. Choice. as. Information. Theory: Towards. a. Theory. of. Gravitas. George Wilmers The present paper introduces a new approach to the theory of voting in the context of binary collective choice, which seeks to define a  ...
David DeVidi, Michael Hallett, Peter Clarke, 2011
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Imagination, Understanding, and the Virtue of Liberality
A foothold on the problem of method for the cultivation of transcendental imagination is afforded by the contrast between the levitas of the spirit of comedy, and the gravitas of innocent parochialism and everyday life. and Levitas Levitas is the ...
David L. Norton, 1996
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Prelude to Galileo: Essays on Medieval and Sixteenth-Century ...
When the stone is thrown upward, the virtus is not contrary to the stone's gravitas in first act, though it is contrary to it in second act ; as a consequence the stone's gravitas remains in the stone, even though it is impeded by the virtus in second ...
W. A. Wallace, 1981

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRAVITAS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gravitas is used in the context of the following news items.
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What a Woman President Should Be Like
Hence voters subliminally look for gravitas, an ancient term describing the laconic dignity of Roman senators. The president must project ... «TIME, Jul 15»
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One of the last in, Scott Walker enters 2016 presidential race near …
He also has struggled to speak about foreign policy with gravitas, prompting cram sessions with advisors and four foreign trips in five months. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Which Is Better: Star Wars or Star Trek?
His serious demeanor and commanding presence lent the show gravitas, and we instantly knew we were in capable hands. Probably the next ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Ballers: “Heads Will Roll”
Tonight's medical storyline mixes in some much-needed gravitas, and the episode is better for it. That's especially true considering that much of ... «A.V. Club Milwaukee, Jul 15»
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Sean Grande not worried about being 'the new guy' in Bellator's …
... ongoing remodeling job undertaken by Bellator CEO Scott Coker, the company wanted a play-by-play announcer with "Big 4" sports gravitas. «MMA Fighting, Jul 15»
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Secrets and Scandals - Reforming Rhode Island 1986-2006 …
Former Senate Minority Leader Lila M. Sapinsley, a moderate Republican with elegance and gravitas, had narrowly lost a race for lieutenant ... «GoLocalProv, Jul 15»
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The Strain: "BK, NY" Review
He has a great look, and Stephen McHattie brings a terrific sense of gravitas and danger to the role. The great thing about the emergence of ... «IGN, Jul 15»
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Did Zack Snyder Make the Right Call in his Casting of Lex Luthor …
Anyway, most importantly, there's every reason to believe from this trailer that Ben Affleck will portray Batman not just with the gravitas that the ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
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Mr. Bill and Ryanosaurus put three years into Electrocado album …
The eclectic 11-track masterpiece was dropped after three years of work via Gravitas Recordings, and it was worth waiting every moment for its ... «The Untz, Jul 15»
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The urgent work of our democracy
In isolation, none of these initiatives carries the gravitas of a single, expert 'institute' or 'centre' charged with generating ideas and finding ... «Policy Network, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Gravitas [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/gravitas>. Apr 2024 ».
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