weigh

Значение (Английский)

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

Синонимы

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

Переводы

peser

wiegen

pesar

pesare

wegen

pesar

pesar

ζυγίζω

abwägen

wägen

tartmak

afwegen

lasten

procéder

Произносится как (IPA)

/weɪ/

Этимология (Английский)

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: weghen

Унаследовано от староанглийский: wegan

Родственно шотландский: wey

Родственно нидерландский: wegen

Родственно немецкий: wiegen

Родственно датский: veje

Родственно норвежский букмол: veie

Родственно нюнорск: 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.