Weigh is a verb, to measure the heaviness of an object. Weight is a noun, the measurement of how heavy something is.
Key Differences
Weigh is a verb, meaning to determine or measure the mass or heaviness of an object. Weight is a noun, referring to the measurement itself or the heaviness of an object.
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Weigh is used to describe the action of measuring weight, like weighing produce at a grocery store. Weight is used to denote the measurement, such as saying something has a weight of 10 pounds.
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Weigh can be used in different tenses and forms, like weighed or weighing, depending on the sentence. Weight, being a noun, can be used in singular or plural form (weights) and can be modified by adjectives.
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Weigh is often used in phrases like 'weigh in' or 'weigh on,' which can have literal or figurative meanings. Weight is used in expressions like 'carry weight' or 'the weight of the world,' often metaphorically.
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Weigh implies a process or action, the act of finding out the weight of something. Weight refers to the concept or quantity of mass an object possesses.
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Part of Speech
Verb
Noun
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Meaning
To measure the heaviness of something.
The measurement of how heavy something is.
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Usage
"I need to weigh these apples."
"The weight of these apples is one pound."
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Linguistic Variations
Used in various tenses (weigh, weighing, weighed).
Can be singular or plural (weight, weights).
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Contextual Applications
Often used in contexts of measuring or balancing.
Often refers to the physical or metaphorical heaviness.
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Weigh and Weight Definitions
Weigh
To determine the heaviness of an object.
Please weigh the luggage before we check in.
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Weight
A unit or system of units used for expressing how heavy something is.
The weight is measured in pounds and ounces in the U.S.
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Weigh
To balance in the mind, consider.
She had to weigh the pros and cons of the decision.
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Weight
A mental or emotional burden.
The weight of the news had a profound effect on her.
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Weigh
To burden, press heavily on.
The responsibilities weigh heavily on his shoulders.
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Weight
A measure of the heaviness of an object
A contest to guess the weight of a pig.
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Weigh
To measure or apportion (a certain quantity) by weight.
The chef weighed out the flour for the recipe.
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Weight
The force with which a body is attracted to Earth or another celestial body, equal to the product of the object's mass and the acceleration of gravity.
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Weigh
To determine the weight of, as with a scale
Weighed the tomatoes before buying them.
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Weight
A unit measure of gravitational force
A table of weights and measures.
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Weigh
To measure or apportion (a certain quantity) by weight. Often used with out
Weighed out a pound of cheese.
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Weight
A system of such measures
Avoirdupois weight.
Troy weight.
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Weigh
To balance in the mind in order to make a choice; ponder or evaluate
Weighed the alternatives and decided to stay.
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Weight
A metallic solid used as a standard of comparison in weighing.
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Weigh
To choose carefully or deliberately
Weigh one's words.
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Weight
An object used to hold something else down.
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Weigh
(Nautical) To raise (anchor).
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Weight
A counterbalance in a machine.
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Weigh
To be of a specific weight
The dog weighs nearly 50 pounds.
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Weight
(Sports) A heavy object, such as a dumbbell, lifted for exercise or in athletic competition.
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To have consequence or importance
The decision weighed heavily against us.
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Weight
Excessive fat; corpulence
Exercising in order to lose weight.
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Weigh
To cause to bend heavily by added weight. Used with on or upon
A coating of ice that weighed on the slender branches.
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Weight
(Statistics) A factor assigned to a number in a computation, as in determining an average, to increase or decrease the number's effect on the computation, reflecting its importance.
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Weigh
To be burdensome or oppressive. Used with on or upon
These concerns have been weighing on us for weeks.
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Weight
Oppressiveness; pressure
The weight of responsibilities.
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Weigh
(Nautical) To raise anchor.
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Weight
The greater part; preponderance
The weight of the evidence is against the defendant.
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Weigh
Way. Used in the phrase under weigh.
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Weight
Influence, importance, or authority
Her approval carried great weight.
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Weigh
(transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
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Weight
Ponderous quality
The weight of the speaker's words.
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Weigh
(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.
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Weight
(Sports) A classification according to comparative lightness or heaviness. Often used in combination
A heavyweight boxer.
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Weigh
To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.
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Weight
The heaviness or thickness of a fabric in relation to a particular season or use. Often used in combination
A summerweight jacket.
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Weigh
To judge; to estimate.
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Weight
A measure of the relative thickness of yarn.
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Weigh
(transitive) To consider a subject. en
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Weight
To make heavy or heavier
Our backpacks were weighted down with food and other essentials.
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Weigh
To have a certain weight.
I weigh ten and a half stone.
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Weight
To cause to feel concerned, sad, or preoccupied; burden or oppress
He was weighted with guilt.
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Weigh
(intransitive) To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
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Weight
To increase the weight or body of (fabrics) by treating with chemicals.
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Weigh
(intransitive) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
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Weight
(Statistics) To assign weights or a weight to.
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Weigh
To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
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Weight
To cause to have a slant or bias
Weighted the rules in favor of homeowners.
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Weigh
To weigh anchor.
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Weight
(Sports) To assign to (a horse) the weight it must carry as a handicap in a race.
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Weigh
To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
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Weight
The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is primarily influenced by).
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Weigh
(obsolete) To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.
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Weight
An object used to make something heavier.
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Weigh
A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh.
An expedition was got under weigh from New York.
The Athenians . . . hurried on board and with considerable difficulty got under weigh.
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Weight
A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
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Weigh
A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey.
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Weight
Importance or influence.
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Weigh
To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor.
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Weight
(weightlifting) An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
He's working out with weights.
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Weigh
To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of, that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center of the earth; to determine the heaviness, or quantity of matter of; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold.
Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
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Weight
(lubricants) viscosity rating.
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Weigh
To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of.
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Weight
(physics) Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) in restricted circumstances
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Weigh
To pay, allot, take, or give by weight.
They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
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Weight
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Weigh
To examine or test as if by the balance; to ponder in the mind; to consider or examine for the purpose of forming an opinion or coming to a conclusion; to estimate deliberately and maturely; to balance.
A young man not weighed in state affairs.
Had no better weighedThe strength he was to cope with, or his own.
Regard not who it is which speaketh, but weigh only what is spoken.
In nice balance, truth with gold she weighs.
Without sufficiently weighing his expressions.
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Weight
(measurement) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
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Weigh
To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.
All that she so dear did weigh.
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Weight
(statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
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Weigh
To have weight; to be heavy.
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Weight
(topology) The smallest cardinality of a base.
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Weigh
To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
Your vows to her and me . . . will even weigh.
This objection ought to weigh with those whose reading is designed for much talk and little knowledge.
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Weight
(typography) The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
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Weigh
To bear heavily; to press hard.
Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuffWhich weighs upon the heart.
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Weight
(visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
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Weigh
To judge; to estimate.
Could not weigh of worthiness aright.
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Weight
(visual art) The illusion of mass.
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Weigh
Have a certain weight
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(visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.
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Weigh
Show consideration for; take into account;
You must consider her age
The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient
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Weight
Pressure; burden.
The weight of care or business
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Weigh
Determine the weight of;
The butcher weighed the chicken
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Weight
The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
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Weigh
Have weight; have import, carry weight;
It does not matter much
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Weight
Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.
He was pushing weight.
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Weigh
To be oppressive or burdensome;
Weigh heavily on the mind
Something pressed on his mind
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One pound of drugs, especially cannabis.
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Weight
Money.
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Weight
Weight class
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Weight
(transitive) To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
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Weight
To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight.
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Weight
(transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone.
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Weight
To assign weights to individual statistics.
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Weight
(transitive) To bias something; to slant.
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Weight
To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
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Weight
To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.
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Weight
The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially when expressed in certain units or standards, as pounds, grams, etc.
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Weight
The quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated by the balance, or expressed numerically with reference to some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight of five hundred pounds.
For sorrow, like a heavy-hanging bell,Once set on ringing, with his own weight goes.
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Weight
Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business.
For the public all this weight he bears.
[He] who singly bore the world's sad weight.
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Weight
Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight.
In such a point of weight, so near mine honor.
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Weight
A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries' weight.
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Weight
A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight.
A man leapeth better with weights in his hands.
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Weight
A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as, an ounce weight.
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Weight
The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
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Weight
To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a jockey at a race; to weight a whip handle.
The arrows of satire, . . . weighted with sense.
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Weight
To assign a weight to; to express by a number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See Weight of observations, under Weight.
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Weight
To load (fabrics) as with barite, to increase the weight, etc.
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Weight
To assign a numerical value expressing relative importance to (a measurement), to be multiplied by the value of the measurement in determining averages or other aggregate quantities; as, they weighted part one of the test twice as heavily as part 2.
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Weight
The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
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Sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; a weight that is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms
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Weight
The relative importance granted to something;
His opinion carries great weight
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Weight
An artifact that is heavy
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Weight
An oppressive feeling of heavy force;
Bowed down by the weight of responsibility
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Weight
A system of units used to express the weight of something
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Weight
A unit used to measure weight;
He placed two weights in the scale pan
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Weight
(statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
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Weight
Weight down with a load
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Weight
Present with a bias;
He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders
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Weight
The measurement of how heavy something is.
The weight of the backpack made it difficult to carry.
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Weight
A heavy object used to add stability or provide exercise.
He lifted weights at the gym to build muscle.
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Weight
Importance, influence, or significance.
Her opinion carries a lot of weight in the team.
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Repeatedly Asked Queries
Can weigh have a figurative meaning?
Yes, it can mean to consider or ponder something.
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How is weight measured?
Weight is measured in units like pounds, kilograms, or stones.
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What does the weight of an object indicate?
The weight indicates how heavy the object is.
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Can we use weigh in past tense?
Yes, as in "weighed."
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Is it correct to say "weigh a decision"?
Yes, it means to consider or ponder a decision carefully.
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Can weight refer to emotional burdens?
Yes, weight can metaphorically mean emotional or mental burden.
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What does "carry weight" mean?
It means to have importance or influence.
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What does it mean to weigh something?
To measure its heaviness or mass.
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Is weigh used only in physical contexts?
No, it can also be used in metaphorical or abstract contexts.
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Does weight always refer to physical mass?
No, it can also refer to influence or significance.
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Can weigh be used for animals?
Yes, to measure their heaviness.
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Does weigh have different meanings in science?
In science, weigh strictly refers to measuring mass.
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Is "weigh out" a common phrase?
Yes, it means to measure a quantity by weight.
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Can weight be used figuratively in writing?
Yes, to denote importance or gravity of a situation or opinion.
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Is weight a static measurement?
Weight can vary depending on context, such as physical weight or influence.
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What does "weigh in" mean?
It can mean to give an opinion or to measure weight.
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What does "weigh on" mean?
It means to burden or press heavily on someone's mind.
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Does weight have a plural form?
Yes, weights, as in different measures or heavy objects.
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Is weight used in sports?
Yes, especially in contexts like weightlifting or boxing categories.
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Can weight be an emotional term?
Yes, referring to emotional or psychological burden.
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