transcription, транскрипция: [ weɪ ]
( weighs, weighing, weighed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If someone or something weighs a particular amount, this amount is how heavy they are.
It weighs nearly 27 kilos (about 65 pounds)...
VERB : no cont , V amount
2.
If you weigh something or someone, you measure how heavy they are.
The scales can be used to weigh other items such as parcels.
VERB : V n
3.
If you weigh the facts about a situation, you consider them very carefully before you make a decision, especially by comparing the various facts involved.
He is weighing the possibility of filing criminal charges against the doctor...
She spoke very slowly, weighing what she would say.
= consider
VERB : V n , V wh
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Weigh up means the same as weigh . ( mainly BRIT )
The company will be able to weigh up the environmental pros and cons of each site...
You have to weigh up whether a human life is more important than an animal’s life.
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , V P wh , also V n P