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Definition: WEIGHED |
WEIGHEDImperative & past participle1. Of Weigh |
Date "WEIGHED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In physics, the weight of an object is the force exerted upon it due to gravity, W=mg. The SI unit is the newton (N).
In a constant gravitational field like the Earth's, this force is proportional to the object's mass, and as a result the terms are often used interchangeably and indeed went historically undistinguished. The CPGM recommends that the word 'weight' be used to refer only to force, and not to mass. The verb 'to weigh' however may be used for mass determinations.
Related to the historical identification of mass and weight, the pound has been used both as a unit of mass and as a unit of force. In the United States, United Kingdom, and elsewhere, the pound is now officially defined as a unit of mass. The corresponding force is called a pound-force, and similarly the weight of a kilogram of material on Earth is called a kilogram-force. However, the use of pounds to measure forces is still common in engineering, and it occurs in derived units like p.s.i. (pounds per square inch). In most countries, scientists have adopted SI units, which use kilogram for mass and newton for force non-interchangeably.
The experience of having no weight is known as weightlessness.
- (More basically: weight (on Earth) is a force we feel from the ground which is stopping us being pulled to the centre of the Earth. If we are in true free-fall, we feel no weight because there is no force to stop us accelerating under gravity.)
Weight is also the title of the 1994 album by the group Rollins Band.
See also: Hebrew weights
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Weight."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disapprobation | Disapproved, chid;Verb: in bad odor, blown upon, unapproved; unblest; at a discount, exploded; weighed in the balance and found wanting. |
Guilt | Adjective: guilty, to blame, culpable, peccable, in fault, at fault, censurable, reprehensible, blameworthy, uncommendable, illaudable; weighed in the balance and found wanting; exceptionable. |
Inferiority | Adjective: inferior, smaller; small; minor, less, lesser, deficient, minus, lower, subordinate, secondary; secondrate; (imperfect); sub, subaltern; thrown into the shade; weighed in the balance and found wanting; not fit to hold a candle to, can't hold a candle to. |
Insufficiency | Adjective: insufficient, inadequate; too little; not enough; unequal to; incompetent; (impotent); " weighed in the balance and found wanting "; perfunctory; (neglect); deficient; (incomplete); wanting; Verb: imperfect; ill-furnished, ill-provided, ill-stored, ill-off. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | When you weighed one hundred and sixty-eight pounds you were beautiful (On the Waterfront; writing credit: Malcolm Johnson; Budd Schulberg) You weighed a little more than a hundred and eight (Batman; writing credit: Bob Kane; Sam Hamm) Suppose by the time it got to Internal Revenue it only weighed 800 pounds (I Spy; writing credit: James B. Allardice) Each safe weighed five hundred and fifty pounds (The First Great Train Robbery; writing credit: Michael Crichton) And not for this day and hour alone were the mind and conscience of this man darkened, on whom the burden of events weighed more heavily than on all the others who took part in it. Never, to the end of his life, had he the least comprehension of goodness, of beauty or of truth, or of the significance of his actions, which were too contrary to goodness and truth, too remote from everything human for him ever to understand their meaning (War and Peace; writing credit: Sergei Bondarchuk; Vasili Solovyov) | |
Lyrics | Weighed down like a beast of burden about to break your back (Just Can't Last; performing artist: Natalie Merchant) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Weighed in the Balance (1916) | |
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Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Tuna ensnared near the mouth of the fish trap. Depth 25 meters. This tuna weighed 270 kilograms (approximately 600 pounds.). Credit: Fisheries. |  | A variety of fish species from a headboat trip ready to be identified, measured, and weighed by NMFS biologists. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | A view of the facility at Greenwich Bay where the quahogs were transferred and weighed before being moved to the spawner sanctuaries in the outer portions of Sakonnet River and Narragansett Bay. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | A local shellfisherman unloads his harvest at the docks where the quahogs were weighed by local shellfish enforcement agencies before being transferred to the spawner sanctuaries. The shellfishermen were paid for the harvest by the RI DEM. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Figure 2. Display model of Aime's second wave study instrument built in 1839 and tested in the anchorage at Algiers in 40 meters water depth for one month. This gave negative results even during periods of poor weather. The device weighed nearly 200 pounds. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Mounting early TIROS satellite on nose of rocket prior to launch. TIROS satellites were 18-sided polygons, 22 1/2 inches high with a 42-inch diameter. They weighed between 270 and 300 pounds. Credit: NOAA in Space. |
 | Making adjustments to TIROS II satellite prior to launch. Small square objects are 9,260 solar cells. TIROS II was the first meteorological satellite to have infra-red sensors as well as television cameras. It was launched November 23, 1960 and weighed 280 pounds. Credit: NOAA in Space. |  | 8-month-old infant born prematurely weighed 3 pounds, 10 ounces at birth. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Weighed & found wanting, or the effects of a summer's ramble. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Seward county, Nebr.--July 1938--Four-H club member has his baby beef weighed every month. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Dew spider web" by Jonas Funk Johannessen Commentary: "Dew weighed spider web spun on plant. Photographed an early morning." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Aesop | The injuries we do and the injuries we suffer are seldom weighed on the same scales. |
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller | Votes should be weighed not counted. |
Shakespeare | Never on earth calamity so great, as not to leave to us, if rightly weighed, what would console 'mid what we sorrow for. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | This, those who give their votes before they hear the debate, and have weighed the reasons on all sides, are not capable of doing. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | His conscience weighed in turn these two men thus placed before it, the bishop and Jean Valjean |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He pulled a little bag from under the counter, whipped it open and scooped some sugar into it, weighed the bag, and added a little more sugar |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In each case, the potential benefits of these drugs need to be weighed against their side effects. (references) | |
With increasing tumor diameter, other prognostic factors should be weighed in the decision to use adjuvant treatment. (references) | ||
For any potential recipient, the small risk of adverse reactions must be weighed against the likelihood of significant benefit. (references) | ||
Business | Apart from contents, electronic book player itself weighed as much as 800g, too heavy for everyday carrying. (references) | |
New cultural ties with the U.S. and a better dissemination of the information on U.S. products (with Internet) have weighed the trend towards American technology and expertise. (references) | ||
English language capability, whilst desired, should not be over-emphasized as a decision factor; more important considerations such as reputation, solid financial status, product and industry knowledge, track record, enthusiasm and commitment should be weighed heavily. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Russia | On August 28, witnesses testified that the explosive materials in Kholodov's briefcase did not come from military stock and weighed less than 50 grams, undermining the case against Popovskikh. (references) |
Economic History | Guatemala | Reputation, product and industry knowledge, track record, enthusiasm and commitment should be weighed heavily. (references) |
Israel | Possible higher corporate and income taxes in Israel should be weighed against other expenditures and marketing advantages. (references) | |
Political Economy | Argentina | Policy initiatives of the administration slowed considerably during Menem's second term, weighed down by increasingly credible claims of public sector corruption, particularly linked to the privatization of state companies. (references) |
Trade | Qatar | This is a ratio between total equity plus reserves and total risk weighed assets, i.e., loans and investments of a bank not including loans to the GOQ. (references) |
Worker Rights | Dominican Republic | When the cane is weighed, workers are given tickets indicating the weight of cane cut (often rounded in favor of the employer) and the amount of money due. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "WEIGHED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 58.92% of the time. "WEIGHED" is used about 666 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 58.92% | 393 | 14,149 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 39.13% | 261 | 18,276 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 1.8% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.15% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 666 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "WEIGHED": weighed down ♦ weighed down by cares ♦ weighed in the balance and found wanting. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "WEIGHED": out-weighed, re-weighed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
weighed | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "WEIGHED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 秤重 (Weigh, Weighing). (various references) | |
Finnish | huolten painama (care-worn, weighed down by cares). (various references) | |
French | pesai, pesés, pesée (weighing), pesé, pesâmes, pesèrent, pesa. (various references) | |
German | wog, abgewogen (level). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מתוכן (checked, counted, measured, numbered). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 倒れ掛かる (to be weighed down by debt). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たおれかかる (to be weighed down by debt). (various references) | |
Korean | 무게를 다는. (various references) | |
Manx | towshit (even), meihit (balanced). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eighedway.(various references) | |
Romanian | copleşit de griji (weighed down by cares). (various references) | |
Russian | взвешивать взвешенный. (various references) | |
Swedish | vägde. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | обтяжений (fraught, laden, loaded, weighted), зважений. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 23, Verse 16 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai hkousen abraam tou efrwn kai apekatesthsen abraam tw efrwn to argurion o elalhsen eiV ta wta twn uiwn cet tetrakosia didracma arguriou dokimou emporoiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quod cum audisset Abraham adpendit pecuniam quam Ephron postulaverat audientibus filiis Heth quadringentos siclos argenti et probati monetae publicae |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The which whanne Abraham had herd, he peyside the money that Ephron had askyd, herynge the sonys of Heth, foure hundrid siclys of siluer, and of preued comune money. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And Abraham harkened vnto Ephron and weyde him the sylver which he had sayde in the audyence of the sonnes of Heth. Euen .iiij. hudred syluer sycles of currant money amonge marchauntes |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Abraham hearkened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And Abraham took note of the price fixed by Ephron in the hearing of the children of Heth, and gave him four hundred shekels in current money. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 23, Verse 16 |
| Cebuano | Unya si Abraham miuyon kang Ephron, ug gitimbangan ni Abraham si Ephron ug salapi nga iyang giingon sa nagpatalinghug pa ang mga anak ni Heth, nga upat ka gatus ka siclo nga salapi, salapi nga maoy ginadawat sa mga magpapatigayon. |
| Croatian | Abraham se složi s Efronom; isplati Abraham Efronu novac što ga je spomenuo tako da su na svoje uši èuli sinovi Hetovi - èetiri stotine srebrnika trgovaèke mjere. |
| Dutch | En Abraham luisterde naar Efron; en Abraham woog Efron het geld, waarvan hij gesproken had voor de oren van de zonen Heths, vierhonderd sikkelen zilvers, onder den koopman gangbaar. |
| Finnish | Kuultuaan Efronin sanat Aabraham punnitsi Efronille sen rahasumman, jonka tämä oli maininnut heettiläisten kuullen, neljäsataa hopeasekeliä, kaupassa käypää. |
| French | Abraham comprit Éphron; et Abraham pesa à Éphron l`argent qu`il avait dit, en présence des fils de Heth, quatre cents sicles d`argent ayant cours chez le marchand. |
| German | Abraham gehorchte Ephron und wog ihm das Geld dar, das er gesagt hatte, daß zuhörten die Kinder Heth, vierhundert Lot Silber, das im Kauf gang und gäbe war. |
| Hungarian | Engede azért Ábrahám Efronnak és odamérte Ábrahám Efronnak az ezüstöt, a melyet mondott vala a Khéth fiainak hallatára; kalmároknál kelendõ négyszáz ezüst siklust. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Abraham setuju dengan harga itu. Ia menghitung uang perak sejumlah yang disebut oleh Efron, yaitu empat ratus uang perak, menurut timbangan yang dipakai oleh para saudagar. Lalu ia membayarnya kepada Efron, dengan disaksikan oleh semua orang Het itu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka diturutlah oleh Ibrahim akan kata Eferon itu, lalu ditimbangkan oleh Ibrahim bagi Eferon akan sebanyak perak yang disebutkannya, yaitu di hadapan segala anak-anak Het, empat ratus syikal perak yang terpakai kepada saudagar-saudagar. |
| Maori | ¶ Na ka whakarongo a Aperahama ki a Eperona; a paunatia ana e Aperahama ki a Eperona te hiriwa i korerotia e ia i te aroaro o nga tama a Hete, e wha rau nga hekere hiriwa, no nga moni e tangohia ana e nga kaihokohoko. |
| Norwegian | Og Abraham skjønte hvad Efron mente, og Abraham veide op til Efron det sølv som han hadde talt om i påhør av Hets barn, fire hundre sekel sølv, slike som var gangbare i handel. |
| Portuguese | E Abraão ouviu a Efrom, e pesou-lhe a prata de que este tinha falado aos ouvidos dos filhos de Hete, quatrocentos siclos de prata, moeda corrente entre os mercadores. |
| Rumanian | Avraam a knyeles pe Efron. Wi Avraam a ckntqrit lui Efron preyul cumpqrqrii despre care vorbise, kn faya fiilor lui Het: patru sute de sicli de argint, cari mergeau la orice negustor. |
| Russian | бЧТББН ЧЩУМХЫБМ еЖТПОБ; Й ПФЧЕУЙМ бЧТББН еЖТПОХ УЕТЕВТБ, УЛПМШЛП ПО ПВЯСЧЙМ ЧУМХИ УЩОПЧ иЕФПЧЩИ, ЮЕФЩТЕУФБ УЙЛМЕК УЕТЕВТБ, ЛБЛПЕ ИПДЙФ Х ЛХРГПЧ. |
| Swedish | Och Abraham förstod Efron och vägde upp åt honom den summa som Efron hade uppgivit i närvaro av Hets barn, fyra hundra siklar silver, sådant silver som var gångbart i handel. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "WEIGHED": outweighed, overweighed, reweighed. (additional references) | |
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"WEIGHED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Efghcd, eighe, ewige, leighed, waied, Weghe, weige. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "WEIGHED" (pronounced wā"d) |
| 3 | w ā" d | dissuade, outweighed, persuade, suede, swayed, unswayed, Wade. |
| 2 | -ā" d | afraid, aid, aide, allayed, arcade, arrayed, bade, bayed, betrayed, blade, blockade, braid, brigade, brocade, buffeted, Cade, cascade, charade, cliched, colonnade, conveyed, crocheted, crusade, decade, decayed, degrade, delayed, invade, jade, Lade, laid, lemonade, made, maid, dismayed, disobeyed, displayed, evade, fade, Fayed, flayed, forbade, frayed, glade, grade, grenade, hade, handmade, homemade, manmade, Masquerade, mislaid, obeyed, okayed, overpaid, overplayed, overstayed, paid, palisade, parade, pervade, played, portrayed, prayed, prepaid, preyed, promenade, raid, rayed, remade, repaid, replayed, sauteed, serenade, shade, spade, sprayed, Stade, staid, stayed, strayed, surveyed, tirade, trade, unafraid, underpaid, underplayed, unmade, unpaid, upbraid, upgrade. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-g-h-i-w" | |
-1 letter: wedgie. | |
-2 letters: hedge, hewed, wedge, weigh. | |
-3 letters: edge, eide, geed, ghee, gied, heed, hide, hied, weed, whee, whid, whig, wide. | |
-4 letters: dee, dew, die, dig, edh, ewe, ged, gee, ghi, gid, gie, hew, hid, hie, wed, wee, wig. | |
-5 letters: de, ed, eh, he, hi, id, we. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-g-h-i-w" | |
+1 letter: weighted. | |
+2 letters: reweighed, wheedling. | |
+3 letters: deadweight, outweighed, unweighted. | |
+4 letters: deadweights, overweighed, underweight. | |
+5 letters: middleweight, overweighted, underweights. | |
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