1. To evaluate alternatives or factors by considering their relative importance.
2. To determine weight, or have a specified weight.
3. To create a persistent sense of worry or responsibility.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- weigh evidence
- weigh alternatives
On the page
The panel weighed the evidence against the procedural concerns.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- weigh
- Past tense
- weighed
- Past participle
- weighed
- Present participle
- weighing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- weigh
- Present continuous
- am/is/are weighing
- Present perfect
- have/has weighed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been weighing
- Past
- weighed
- Past continuous
- was/were weighing
- Past perfect
- had weighed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been weighing
- Future
- will weigh
- Future continuous
- will be weighing
- Future perfect
- will have weighed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been weighing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: weigh; weighs; weighed; weighed; weighing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: argumentation, evidence, inference. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: weighs.
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