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1. with object find out how heavy (someone or something) is, typically using scales:

(はかりなどを使って)〈物･人〉の重さを量る, …をはかりにかける

e.g. weigh yourself on the day you begin the diet

e.g. the vendor weighed the vegetables.

have a specified weight:

〖～ C〗 〈人･物が〉Cの重さ［目方］がある (!(1)Cは〖名詞〗〖形容詞〗. (2)通例進行形にしない)

e.g. when the twins were born they weighed ten pounds.

balance in the hands to guess or as if to guess the weight of:

e.g. she picked up the brick and weighed it in her right hand.

(weigh something out) measure and take from a larger quantity of a substance a portion of a particular weight:

〈一定量の物〉を量り分ける

e.g. she weighed out two ounces of loose tobacco.

no object (weigh on) be depressing or burdensome to:

〈心配事などが〉 【人に】のしかかる «on»

e.g. his unhappiness would weigh on my mind so much.

2. assess the nature or importance of, especially with a view to a decision or action:

…を念入りに検討する

e.g. the consequences of the move would need to be very carefully weighed.

(weigh something against) compare the importance of one factor with that of (another):

〖～ A against B〗 AをBと比べ合わせて検討する(｟主に英｠ up)

e.g. they need to weigh benefit against risk.

no object influence a decision or action; be considered important:

｟かたく｠ 〈事･物が〉 «…にとって/…に有利に/…に不利に» 重きをなす, 重要性を持つ, 影響する «with/in favor of/against»

e.g. the evidence weighed heavily against him.

see anchor.

carefully choose the way one expresses something.

be heavy and cumbersome to someone:

e.g. my waders and fishing gear weighed me down.

be oppressive or burdensome to someone:

e.g. she was weighed down by the responsibility of looking after her sisters.

(chiefly of a boxer or jockey) be officially weighed before or after a contest:

e.g. Mason weighed in at 203 lb.

be of (a specified weight).

cost (a specified amount).

weigh into informal

join in forcefully or enthusiastically:

e.g. they weighed into the election campaign.

attack physically or verbally:

e.g. he weighed into the companies for their high costs.

(of a jockey) be weighed before a race.

carefully assess someone or something:

e.g. investors weighed up their next move.

informal make a forceful contribution to a competition or argument by means of:

e.g. Baker weighed in with a three-pointer.

weighable |ˈwāəb(ə)l| adjective

weigher |ˈwāər| noun

Old English wegan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wegen ‘weigh’, German bewegen ‘move’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vehere ‘convey’. Early senses included ‘transport from one place to another’ and ‘raise up’.

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noun (in phrase under weigh) Nautical

another way of saying underway (sense 2) .

late 18th century: from an erroneous association with weigh anchor (see anchor).