weigh
verb /weɪ/
/weɪ/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they weigh | /weɪ/ /weɪ/ |
| he / she / it weighs | /weɪz/ /weɪz/ |
| past simple weighed | /weɪd/ /weɪd/ |
| past participle weighed | /weɪd/ /weɪd/ |
| -ing form weighing | /ˈweɪɪŋ/ /ˈweɪɪŋ/ |
- linking verb + noun to have a particular weight
- How much do you weigh (= how heavy are you)?
- She weighs 60 kilos.
- A healthy baby usually weighs 6 lbs or more.
- The average male tiger weighs around 200 kg.
- The diamond weighs 4.50 carats.
- (informal) These cases weigh a ton (= are very heavy).
- [transitive] weigh somebody/something/yourself to measure how heavy somebody/something is, usually by using scales
- He weighed himself on the bathroom scales.
- Chicks were weighed and measured daily.
- She weighed the stone in her hand (= estimated how heavy it was by holding it).
- [transitive] to consider something carefully before making a decision
- weigh something (up) You must weigh up the pros and cons (= consider the advantages and disadvantages of something).
- She weighed up all the evidence.
- You'll need to weigh up all your options.
- The jury weighed up the evidence carefully.
- weigh (up) something against something I weighed the benefits of the plan against the risks involved.
- We weighed the cost of advertising against the likely gains from increased business.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- up
- against
- [intransitive] weigh (with somebody) (against somebody/something) to have an influence on somebody’s opinion or the result of something
- His past record weighs heavily against him.
- The evidence weighs in her favour.
Extra Examples- This fact weighed heavily in her favour.
- His untidy appearance weighed against him.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- heavily
- strongly
- against
- in favour/favor of
- with
- …
- [transitive] weigh anchor to lift an anchor out of the water and into a boat before sailing away
Word OriginOld English wegan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wegen ‘weigh’, German bewegen ‘move’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vehere ‘convey’. Early senses included ‘transport from one place to another’ and ‘raise up’.
Idioms
weigh your words
- to choose your words carefully so that you say exactly what you mean
- He spoke slowly, weighing his words.