weigh

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
2. (transitive) Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
4. (figuratively, intransitive, obsolete) To judge; to estimate.
5. (transitive) To consider a subject.
6. (copulative, intransitive, stative) To have a certain weight.
7. (intransitive) To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
8. (intransitive) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
9. (transitive) To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
10. (intransitive) To weigh anchor.
11. To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
12. (obsolete) To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.

Noun

The act of weighing, of measuring the weight

Conceptes

pesar

ponderar

comptar

🔢

considerar

importar

Sinònims

measure

consider

balance

count

🔢

scale

judge

🧑‍⚖️

scales

deliberate

study

estimate

gauge

ponder

examine

think over

press

matter

impress

heavy

compare

contemplate

steelyard

librate

quantify

bother

dose

beset

amount

dosage

discommode

fall off

bear down on

depress

influence

bear down

aim for

affect

infest

imprint

cut

impinge

impact

hoist

heft

assess

ail

inflict

heave-ho

hassle

kick in

give

Traduccions

peser

wiegen

pesar

pesare

wegen

pesar

ζυγίζω

abwägen

tartmak

afwegen

wägen

lasten

procéder

αναμετρώ

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/weɪ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: weghen

Heretat de anglès antic: wegan

Cognat amb escocès: wey

Cognat amb neerlandès: wegen

Cognat amb alemany: wiegen

Cognat amb danès: veje

Cognat amb noruec bokmål: veie

Cognat amb noruec nynorsk: vega

In summary

From Middle English weyen, from Old English wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan, from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots wey, wee, Dutch wegen, German wiegen, wägen, Danish veje, Norwegian Bokmål veie, Norwegian Nynorsk vega. Doublet of wedge, wagon, way, and vector.