adj
Meaning 1
That weighs or burdens.
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
weighing
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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UK, US: /ˈweɪ.ɪŋ/
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rhymes with -eɪɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: W EY1 IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The process by which something is weighed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She took her baby to the clinic for regular weighings.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of weigh
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
careful consideration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a little deliberation would have deterred them
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deliberation, advisement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: consideration
Narrower terms: think
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Spanish: pesante — weighing (adjective)
- Swedish: vägande — weighing (adjective)
- Swedish: tyngande — weighing (adjective)
- Arabic: وَزْن (wazn) — weighing (process)
- Arabic: وزن (wazin) — weighing (process)
- Bulgarian: претегляне (pretegljane) — weighing (process)
- Danish: vejning — weighing (process)
- Dutch: weging — weighing (process)
- French: pesée — weighing (process)
- French: pesage — weighing (process)
- German: Wiegen — weighing (process)
- Greek: ζύγισμα (zýgisma) — weighing (process)
- Hindi: जोख (jokh) — weighing (process)
- Hindi: तौल (taul) — weighing (process)
- Italian: pesatura — weighing (process)
- Portuguese: pesagem — weighing (process)
- Spanish: pesaje — weighing (process)
- Swedish: vägning — weighing (process)
- Swedish: vägande — weighing (process)
Real reading context