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Word weigh
WordType (verb)
Phonetic BrE / weɪ / NAmE / weɪ /
Example
  • 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).
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weigh

(verb)BrE / weɪ / NAmE / weɪ /
  1. 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).
  2. 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).
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. to lift an anchor out of the water and into a boat before sailing away
  6. 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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