weigh

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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

Έννοιες

ζυγίζω

άγκυρα

αναμετρώ

σηκώνω

αίρω

zi’ɣizo

βαραίνω

βαρύνω

μετρώ

Συνώνυμα

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

Μεταφράσεις

peser

wiegen

pesar

pesare

wegen

pesar

pesar

abwägen

afwegen

wägen

tartmak

lasten

procéder

mesurer

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/weɪ/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: weghen

Κληρονομήθηκε από Παλαιά Αγγλικά: wegan

Συγγενές με Σκωτικά: wey

Συγγενές με Ολλανδικά: wegen

Συγγενές με Γερμανικά: wiegen

Συγγενές με Δανικά: veje

Συγγενές με Νορβηγικά Μποκμάλ: veie

Συγγενές με Νορβηγικά Νινόρσκ: 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.