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Added 9 October 2026

weigh

/weɪ/ verb

In Latin: pensō, expendō, trutinor Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about weigh at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Have a certain weight.
Show consideration for; take into account.
You must consider her age
Determine the weight of.
The butcher weighed the chicken

Origin

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.

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