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If you w____ your words, you think very carefully before you say something.If you weigh your words, you think very carefully before you say something.He said the words very slowly, as if weighing each one of them. verbIf someone or something weighs a particular amount, this amount is how heavy they are.It weighs nearly 27 kilos (about 65 pounds).This little ball of gold weighs a quarter of an ounce.You always weigh less in the morning.If you weigh something or someone, you measure how heavy they are.The scales can be used to weigh other items such as parcels.If you weigh the facts about a situation, you consider them very carefully before you make a decision, especially by comparing the various facts involved.She weighed her options.He is weighing the possibility of filing criminal charges against the doctor.She spoke very slowly, weighing what she would say.The company will be able to weigh up the environmental pros and cons of each site.You have to weigh up whether a human life is more important than an animal's life.If you weigh your words, you think very carefully before you say something.He said the words very slowly, as if weighing each one of them.If a problem weighs on you, it makes you worried or unhappy .The separation weighed on both of them.She knows how your brother's disappearance weighs upon you.Something that weighs heavily in a situation has a strong influence or important effect on it.Current economic hardships weigh heavily in young women's decisions to find salaried work.Human life weighed more with him than purity of policy.There are many factors weighing against the meeting happening. B1

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query	If you w____ your words, you think very carefully before you say something.If you weigh your words, you think very carefully before you say something. He said the words very slowly, as if weighing each one of them.
word	weigh
full-definition	verb If someone or something weighs a particular amount, this amount is how heavy they are. It weighs nearly 27 kilos (about 65 pounds). This little ball of gold weighs a quarter of an ounce. You always weigh less in the morning. If you weigh something or someone, you measure how heavy they are. The scales can be used to weigh other items such as parcels. If you weigh the facts about a situation, you consider them very carefully before you make a decision, especially by comparing the various facts involved. She weighed her options. He is weighing the possibility of filing criminal charges against the doctor. She spoke very slowly, weighing what she would say. The company will be able to weigh up the environmental pros and cons of each site. You have to weigh up whether a human life is more important than an animal's life. If you weigh your words, you think very carefully before you say something. He said the words very slowly, as if weighing each one of them. If a problem weighs on you, it makes you worried or unhappy . The separation weighed on both of them. She knows how your brother's disappearance weighs upon you. Something that weighs heavily in a situation has a strong influence or important effect on it. Current economic hardships weigh heavily in young women's decisions to find salaried work. Human life weighed more with him than purity of policy. There are many factors weighing against the meeting happening.
inflections	weighsweighingweighed
cefr-level	B1

Weigh Weighing Carefully Weighed Words Slowly Heavy Facts