weigh

weigh is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

week - weigh - welcome

Pronunciation

• enPR: wā, IPA ^(key): /weɪ/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophones: way, wey, whey (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Verb

Plain form weigh

Third-person singular weighs

Past tense weighed

Past participle weighed

Present participle weighing

1. (transitive) When you weigh something, you find out its weight.

   I weighed my luggage to make sure it did not exceed the weight limit of the airline.

2. (intransitive) To have a certain weight.

   My dog weighs 30 pounds.

Related words

• weight
• weighty

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