name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
weigh
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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wā
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/weɪ/
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rhymes with -eɪ
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homophone: way
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homophone: Wei
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homophone: wey
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homophone: whey (wine–whine merger)
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CMU ARPABET: W EY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The act of weighing, of measuring the weight
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Give the sugar a quick weigh.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To determine the weight of an object.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- He weighed out two kilos of oranges for a client.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
Examples
- You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.
- He took a long time weighing his options.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: assess, price, value, appraise, apprise, apprize, esteem, evaluate, judge, prize, rate, valuate, weigh, worthen
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To judge; to estimate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive, obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 7
To consider a subject.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 8
To have a certain weight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: copulative, intransitive, stative
Examples
- I weigh ten and a half stone.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 11
To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 12
To weigh anchor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 13
To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 14
To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 15
show consideration for; take into account
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- You must consider her age
- The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: consider, count
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 16
have weight; have import, carry weight
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- It does not matter much
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: count, matter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: be
Narrower terms: weigh, press
verb
Meaning 17
to be oppressive or burdensome,
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- weigh heavily on the mind
- Something pressed on his mind
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: press
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: count, matter, weigh
verb
Meaning 18
determine the weight of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The butcher weighed the chicken
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: librate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quantify, measure
Narrower terms: heft
verb
Meaning 19
have a certain weight
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: measure
History
Etymology
From Middle English weyen, from Old English wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan, from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵheti, from *weǵh- (“to bring, transport”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wey, wee, Dutch wegen, German wiegen, wägen, Danish veje, Norwegian Bokmål veie, Norwegian Nynorsk vega. Doublet of wedge, wagon, way, and vector.
Across languages
Translations
206 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: rendoj — to determine the weight of an object
- Albanian: peshoj — to determine the weight of an object
- Arabic: وَزَنَ (wazana) — to determine the weight of an object
- Armenian: կշռել (kšṙel) — to determine the weight of an object
- Asturian: pesar — to determine the weight of an object
- Azerbaijani: çəkmək — to determine the weight of an object
- Belarusian: ўзва́жыць (wzvážycʹ) — to determine the weight of an object
- Belarusian: ўзва́жваць (wzvážvacʹ) — to determine the weight of an object
- Breton: pouezañ — to determine the weight of an object
- Bulgarian: претеглям (pretegljam) — to determine the weight of an object
- Catalan: pesar — to determine the weight of an object
- Chinese Mandarin: 稱重 /称重 (chēngzhòng) — to determine the weight of an object
- Cornish: poosa — to determine the weight of an object
- Czech: vážit — to determine the weight of an object
- Czech: zvážit — to determine the weight of an object
- Dhivehi: ކިރަނީ (kiranī) — to determine the weight of an object
- Dutch: wegen — to determine the weight of an object
- Esperanto: pesi — to determine the weight of an object
- Faroese: viga — to determine the weight of an object
- Finnish: punnita — to determine the weight of an object
- French: peser — to determine the weight of an object
- Friulian: pesâ — to determine the weight of an object
- Galician: pesar — to determine the weight of an object
- Ge'ez: መዘነ (mazzana) — to determine the weight of an object
- Georgian: იწონის (ic̣onis) — to determine the weight of an object
- German: wiegen — to determine the weight of an object
- German: wägen — to determine the weight of an object
- Greek: ζυγίζω (zygízo) — to determine the weight of an object
- Hebrew: שקל (shakál) — to determine the weight of an object
- Hindi: तौलना (taulnā) — to determine the weight of an object
- Hindi: जोखना (jokhnā) — to determine the weight of an object
- Hungarian: lemér — to determine the weight of an object
- Icelandic: vega — to determine the weight of an object
- Igala: ñwà — to determine the weight of an object
- Irish: meáigh — to determine the weight of an object
- Istriot: pazà — to determine the weight of an object
- Italian: pesare — to determine the weight of an object
- Japanese: 重さを計る (omosa o hakaru) — to determine the weight of an object
- Japanese: 量る (hakaru) — to determine the weight of an object
- Jeju: ᄃᆞᆯ다 (dawlda) — to determine the weight of an object
- Khmer: ថ្លឹង (thləng) — to determine the weight of an object
- Korean: 달다 (dalda) — to determine the weight of an object
- Central Kurdish: کێشان (kêşan) — to determine the weight of an object
- Latin: pensō — to determine the weight of an object
- Latin: expendō — to determine the weight of an object
- Latin: trutinor — to determine the weight of an object
- Laz: წონუმს (ǯonums) — to determine the weight of an object
- Lisu: ꓛꓰꓻ (tʃhe) — to determine the weight of an object
- Lisu: ꓞꓰꓻ (tshe) — to determine the weight of an object
- Lombard: pesà — to determine the weight of an object
- Low German: wegen — to determine the weight of an object
- Luxembourgish: weien — to determine the weight of an object
- Mansaka: timbang — to determine the weight of an object
- Māori: ine taumaha — to determine the weight of an object
- Middle English: weyen — to determine the weight of an object
- Mongolian: жигнэх (žignex) — to determine the weight of an object
- Mongolian: дэнслэх (denslex) — to determine the weight of an object
- Norman: p'ser — to determine the weight of an object
- Norwegian Bokmål: veie — to determine the weight of an object
- Occitan: pesar — to determine the weight of an object
- Polish: ważyć — to determine the weight of an object
- Portuguese: pesar — to determine the weight of an object
- Romanian: cântări — to determine the weight of an object
- Russian: взве́шивать (vzvéšivatʹ) — to determine the weight of an object
- Russian: взве́сить (vzvésitʹ) — to determine the weight of an object
- Sardinian: pesai — to determine the weight of an object
- Sardinian: pesare — to determine the weight of an object
- Scottish Gaelic: tomhais — to determine the weight of an object
- Sicilian: pisari — to determine the weight of an object
- Sinhalese: කිරනවා (kiranawā) — to determine the weight of an object
- Slovak: vážiť — to determine the weight of an object
- Slovak: zvážiť — to determine the weight of an object
- Spanish: pesar — to determine the weight of an object
- Swedish: väga — to determine the weight of an object
- Tagalog: magtimbang — to determine the weight of an object
- Tatar: үлчәү (ülçäw) — to determine the weight of an object
- Telugu: తూగు (tūgu) — to determine the weight of an object
- Thai: ชั่ง (châng) — to determine the weight of an object
- Turkish: tartmak — to determine the weight of an object
- Ottoman Turkish: طارتمق (tartmak) — to determine the weight of an object
- Ukrainian: зва́жувати (zvážuvaty) — to determine the weight of an object
- Ukrainian: зва́жити (zvážyty) — to determine the weight of an object
- Ulwa (Nicaragua): tînaka — to determine the weight of an object
- Venetan: pexar — to determine the weight of an object
- Venetan: pexare — to determine the weight of an object
- Vietnamese: cân — to determine the weight of an object
- Vietnamese: đo — to determine the weight of an object
- Welsh: pwyso — to determine the weight of an object
- Yoruba: wọ̀n — to determine the weight of an object
- Bulgarian: претеглям (pretegljam) — to weigh out
- Czech: zvážit — to weigh out
- Czech: navážit — to weigh out
- Finnish: punnita — to weigh out
- Finnish: mitata — to weigh out
- French: peser — to weigh out
- Galician: pesar — to weigh out
- German: abwiegen — to weigh out
- German: auswiegen — to weigh out
- Hungarian: kimér — to weigh out
- Irish: meáigh — to weigh out
- Middle English: weyen — to weigh out
- Norman: p'ser — to weigh out
- Polish: odważyć — to weigh out
- Portuguese: pesar — to weigh out
- Romanian: cântări — to weigh out
- Russian: взве́шивать (vzvéšivatʹ) — to weigh out
- Russian: взве́сить (vzvésitʹ) — to weigh out
- Russian: отвешивать (otvešivatʹ) — to weigh out
- Scottish Gaelic: tomhais — to weigh out
- Swedish: väga (upp) — to weigh out
- Turkish: tartmak — to weigh out
- Ottoman Turkish: طارتمق (tartmak) — to weigh out
- Bulgarian: оценявам (ocenjavam) — to determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object
- Czech: zvážit — to determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object
- Czech: uvážit — to determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object
- Finnish: punnita — to determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object
- Finnish: arvioida — to determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object
- French: peser — to determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object
- German: abwägen — to determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object
- Irish: meáigh — to determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object
- Middle English: weyen — to determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object
- Norman: p'ser — to determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object
- Portuguese: avaliar — to determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object
- Romanian: evalua — to determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object
- Romanian: chibzui — to determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object
- Romanian: cumpăni — to determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object
- Russian: взве́шивать (vzvéšivatʹ) — to determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object
- Russian: взве́сить (vzvésitʹ) — to determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object
- Swedish: väga — to determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object
- Armenian: կշռադատել (kšṙadatel) — to consider a subject
- Finnish: punnita — to consider a subject
- Finnish: puntaroida — to consider a subject
- German: erwägen — to consider a subject
- Greek: ζυγίζω (zygízo) — to consider a subject
- Hungarian: mérlegel — to consider a subject
- Irish: meáigh — to consider a subject
- Japanese: 気に掛ける (kinikakeru) — to consider a subject
- Māori: whakaraupeka — to consider a subject
- Middle English: weyen — to consider a subject
- Russian: взве́шивать (vzvéšivatʹ) — to consider a subject
- Russian: взве́сить (vzvésitʹ) — to consider a subject
- Tamil: வகை (vakai) — to consider a subject
- Ottoman Turkish: طارتمق (tartmak) — to consider a subject
- Arabic: وَزَنَ (wazana) — to have a certain weight
- Asturian: pesar — to have a certain weight
- Belarusian: ва́жыць (vážycʹ) — to have a certain weight
- Bulgarian: тежа (teža) — to have a certain weight
- Catalan: pesar — to have a certain weight
- Chinese Mandarin: 稱重 /称重 (chēngzhòng) — to have a certain weight
- Chinese Mandarin: 稱 /称 (chēng) — to have a certain weight
- Czech: vážit — to have a certain weight
- Danish: veje — to have a certain weight
- Esperanto: pezi — to have a certain weight
- Finnish: painaa — to have a certain weight
- French: peser — to have a certain weight
- Galician: pesar — to have a certain weight
- German: wiegen — to have a certain weight
- Hungarian: nyom — to have a certain weight
- Hungarian: ...... súlyú — to have a certain weight
- Hungarian: ...... a súlya — to have a certain weight
- Irish: meáigh — to have a certain weight
- Italian: pesare — to have a certain weight
- Luxembourgish: weien — to have a certain weight
- Macedonian: тежи (teži) — to have a certain weight
- Middle English: weyen — to have a certain weight
- Norman: p'ser — to have a certain weight
- Occitan: pesar — to have a certain weight
- Polish: ważyć — to have a certain weight
- Portuguese: pesar — to have a certain weight
- Quechua: llasay — to have a certain weight
- Romanian: avea greutate — to have a certain weight
- Romanian: cântări greu — to have a certain weight
- Russian: ве́сить (vésitʹ) — to have a certain weight
- Slovak: vážiť — to have a certain weight
- Spanish: pesar — to have a certain weight
- Swedish: väga — to have a certain weight
- Turkish: gelmek — to have a certain weight
- Ukrainian: ва́жити (vážyty) — to have a certain weight
- Ulwa (Nicaragua): tînaka — to have a certain weight
- Venetan: pexar — to have a certain weight
- Venetan: pexare — to have a certain weight
- Welsh: pwyso — to have a certain weight
- Bulgarian: тежа (teža) — to weigh on; to be heavy, to press down
- German: lasten — to weigh on; to be heavy, to press down
- German: (schwer) liegen — to weigh on; to be heavy, to press down
- Middle English: weyen — to weigh on; to be heavy, to press down
- Bulgarian: вдигам (vdigam) — nautical: to raise an anchor
- Catalan: desancorar — nautical: to raise an anchor
- Catalan: salpar — nautical: to raise an anchor
- Czech: vytáhnout kotvu — nautical: to raise an anchor
- Czech: zvednout kotvu — nautical: to raise an anchor
- Faroese: lætta (akker) — nautical: to raise an anchor
- Finnish: (ankkuri) nostaa — nautical: to raise an anchor
- French: lever l’ancre — nautical: to raise an anchor
- German: hieven — nautical: to raise an anchor
- German: lichten — nautical: to raise an anchor
- Japanese: 抜錨する (batsubyō suru) — nautical: to raise an anchor
- Japanese: 錨を上げる (ikari o ageru) — nautical: to raise an anchor
- Māori: huti — nautical: to raise an anchor
- Māori: huhuti — nautical: to raise an anchor
- Middle English: weyen — nautical: to raise an anchor
- Portuguese: desancorar — nautical: to raise an anchor
- Portuguese: levantar âncora — nautical: to raise an anchor
- Romanian: a ridica ancora — nautical: to raise an anchor
- Spanish: levar — nautical: to raise an anchor
- Spanish: desancorar — nautical: to raise an anchor
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