outweigh

English

Etymology

out- +‎ weigh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaʊtˈweɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Verb

outweigh (third-person singular simple present outweighs, present participle outweighing, simple past and past participle outweighed)

1. (transitive) To exceed in weight or mass.
2. (transitive) To exceed in importance or value.
   • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:

     The advantage […] was so great that it would have taken a lot of failures to outweigh it.

   • 2019 May 20, Walter Thompson, “A school's mural removal: should kids be shielded from brutal US history?”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Flores said the images’ negative impact outweighs their historical and artistic value.

Translations

to exceed in weight or mass

• German: überwiegen (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: a cântări mai greu decât

to exceed in importance or value

• Japanese: 上回る (uwamawaru)
• Romanian: a excede în valoare
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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Translations to be checked

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} převážit (cs)
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} zwaarder wegen
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: ^{(please verify)} überwiegen (de), übertreffen (de), übersteigen (de)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} överväga (sv)

Anagrams

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