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# kg

abbreviation, noun (kg — kilogram, kilograms)

«kg» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Kg is the short way to write kilogram, a unit for how heavy something is. 1 kg is 1000 grams. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kg/#m1)
2. Kg is the same for one or many: 1 kg, 5 kg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kg/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school maths: a unit of mass for fruit, flour, people, parcels; prices are often given per kg; changing kg to g (× 1000). In science: mass is measured in kilograms; a bag of sugar is about 1 kg. In everyday life: weighing fruit at the shop, luggage at the airport, your own weight. Phrases: «per kg», «a 2 kg bag», «kg and g».

### Examples

- A bag of rice weighs 5 kg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kg/#x1)
- Apples cost 3 dollars per kg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kg/#x2)
- The box weighs 12 kg and the lid 1 kg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kg/#x3)
- 2 kg = 2000 g. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kg/#x4)
- A bag of sugar is about 1 kg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kg/#x5)
- My suitcase weighs 20 kg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kg/#x6)
- Half a kilogram is 500 g, written 0.5 kg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kg/#x7)
- The baby weighed 3 kg when she was born. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kg/#x8)

### Note

Write «kg» with no s and no full stop: «5 kg», not «5 kgs». Say «kilograms». In the USA people often use pounds instead (1 kg is about 2.2 pounds). Maths: a unit, not a thing counted: only add kg to kg. Trap: mixing kg and g; change 1 kg to 1000 g before adding.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «kg» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kg/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«kg» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/kg.html) on Mova free.