adj
Meaning 1
Having weights on it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She wore a weighted dress so it wouldn't blow in the wind.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
weighted
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UK: /ˈweɪ.tɪd/
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US: /ˈweɪ.tɪd/
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US: [ˈweɪ.ɾɪd]
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Australian: /ˈwæɪ.tɪd/
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rhymes with -eɪtɪd
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homophone: waited
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CMU ARPABET: W EY1 T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Biased, so as to favour one party.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The competition was weighted so he'd be the clear favourite to win.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
having values assigned to its edges
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adj
Meaning 4
With the components of an average multiplied by particular factors so as to take account of their relative importance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 5
Containing a large proportion (of something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
simple past and past participle of weight
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
adjusted to reflect value or proportion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- votes weighted according to the size of constituencies
- a law weighted in favor of landlords
- a weighted average
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
made heavy or weighted down with weariness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his leaden arms
- weighted eyelids
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: leaden
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: утежнен (utežnen) — having weights on it
- Galician: pesado — having weights on it
- Polish: obciążony — having weights on it
- Spanish: grávido — having weights on it
- Spanish: con pesas — having weights on it
- Spanish: con peso — having weights on it
- Spanish: con pesantez — having weights on it
- Spanish: con pesadura — having weights on it
- Spanish: con pesor — having weights on it
- Bulgarian: нагласен (naglasen) — biased, so as to favour one party
- Bulgarian: с тегла (s tegla) — in graph theory
- Bulgarian: претеглен (preteglen) — in statistics
- Czech: vážený — in statistics
- Hungarian: súlyozott — in statistics
- Polish: ważony — in statistics
- Spanish: ponderado — in statistics
- Bulgarian: изпълнен (izpǎlnen) — containing a large proportion (of something)
- Spanish: pesado — containing a large proportion (of something)
- Spanish: ponderado — containing a large proportion (of something)
Real reading context