WEIGH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does weigh mean?
• WEIGH (verb)
The verb WEIGH has 5 senses:
1. have a certain weight
2. show consideration for; take into account
3. determine the weight of
4. have weight; have import, carry weight
5. to be oppressive or burdensome
Familiarity information: WEIGH used as a verb is common.
Dictionary entry details
• WEIGH (verb)
Meaning:
Have a certain weight
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "weigh" is one way to...):
measure (have certain dimensions)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Show consideration for; take into account
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
weigh; count; consider
Context examples:
You must consider her age / The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence example:
They weigh their earnings this year
Meaning:
Determine the weight of
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
librate; weigh
Context example:
The butcher weighed the chicken
Hypernyms (to "weigh" is one way to...):
measure; quantify (express as a number or measure or quantity)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "weigh"):
heft (test the weight of something by lifting it)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Have weight; have import, carry weight
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
matter; count; weigh
Context example:
It does not matter much
Hypernyms (to "weigh" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "weigh"):
press; weigh (to be oppressive or burdensome)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
It ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
To be oppressive or burdensome
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
press; weigh
Context examples:
weigh heavily on the mind / Something pressed on his mind
Hypernyms (to "weigh" is one way to...):
count; matter; weigh (have weight; have import, carry weight)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
