weigh

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

Old English wegan, from Germanic. Cognate with Scots wey, Dutch wegen, German wiegen.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: wā, IPA: /weɪ/, SAMPA: /weI/
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Rhymes: -eɪ

• Homophones: way, wey, whey (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

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to weigh (third-person singular simple present weighs, present participle weighing, simple past and past participle weighed)

1. (transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
2. (transitive) Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.

   He weighed out two kilos of oranges for a client.

3. (transitive, metaphorical) To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.

   You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.

4. (transitive) To consider a subject.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 251b-c.

     For anyone can weigh in with the quick objection that it is impossible for what is many to be one

5. (intransitive) To have a certain weight.

   I weigh ten and a half stone.

6. (transitive, nautical) To raise an anchor free of the seabed.

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