weight
verb/weɪt/
/weɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they weight | /weɪt/ /weɪt/ |
| he / she / it weights | /weɪts/ /weɪts/ |
| past simple weighted | /ˈweɪtɪd/ /ˈweɪtɪd/ |
| past participle weighted | /ˈweɪtɪd/ /ˈweɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form weighting | /ˈweɪtɪŋ/ /ˈweɪtɪŋ/ |
- weight something (down) (with something) to attach a weight to something in order to keep it in the right position or make it heavier
- The fishing nets are weighted with lead.
- The body had been weighted down with stones.
Homophones wait | weightwait weight/weɪt//weɪt/- wait verb
- You won't have to wait long—the next train is in five minutes.
- wait noun
- It was an anxious wait, but finally she found out that she'd passed.
- weight noun
- He has lost a lot of weight.
- weight verb
- Weight the tablecloth down so that it doesn't move or blow away.
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- [usually passive] to give different values to things to show how important you think each of them is compared with the others
- be weighted The results of the survey were weighted to allow for variations in the sample.
- Each of these factors should be weighted according to their relative importance.
- a weighted vote (= one that is worth more than a single vote)
- (North American English) a weighted grade (= given at school for a course that is more advanced or harder and so has a higher value)
attach heavy object
give importance
Word OriginOld English (ge)wiht, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wicht and German Gewicht. The form of the word has been influenced by weigh.
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