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weigh
(verb)BrE / weɪ / NAmE / weɪ /
to have a particular weight
How much do you weigh (= how heavy are you)?
She weighs 60 kilos.
The average male tiger weighs around 200 kg.
These cases weigh a ton (= are very heavy).
to measure how heavy somebody/something is, usually by using scales
He weighed himself on the bathroom scales.
She weighed the stone in her hand (= estimated how heavy it was by holding it).
to consider something carefully before making a decision
You must weigh up the pros and cons (= consider the advantages and disadvantages of something).
She weighed up all the evidence.
I weighed the benefits of the plan against the risks involved.
to have an influence on somebody’s opinion or the result of something
His past record weighs heavily against him.
The evidence weighs in her favour.
to lift an anchor out of the water and into a boat before sailing away
to choose your words carefully so that you say exactly what you mean
He spoke slowly, weighing his words.
Extra Examples
His untidy appearance weighed against him.
The jury weighed up the evidence carefully.
This fact weighed heavily in her favour.
We weighed the cost of advertising against the likely gains from increased business.
How much do you weigh?
She weighed the stone in her hand.
These cases weigh a ton.
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they weigh
he / she / it weighs
past simple weighed
past participle weighed
-ing form weighing
Word Origin
Old English wegan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wegen ‘weigh’, German bewegen ‘move’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vehere ‘convey’. Early senses included ‘transport from one place to another’ and ‘raise up’.
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