{
    "term": "weigh",
    "partOfSpeech": "verblinking verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "weigh",
            "heSheIt": "weighs"
        },
        "pastSimple": "weighed",
        "pastParticiple": "weighed",
        "ingForm": "weighing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to have a particular weight",
            "sensetop": "+ noun",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How much do you weigh *(= how heavy are you)*?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She weighs 60 kilos."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A healthy baby usually weighs 6 lbs or more."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The average male tiger weighs around 200 kg."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The diamond weighs 4.50 carats."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These cases **weigh a ton** *(= are very heavy)*."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Maths and measurement"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to measure how heavy somebody/something is, usually by using scales",
            "sensetop": "weigh somebody/something/yourself",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He weighed himself on the bathroom scales."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Chicks were weighed and measured daily."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She weighed the stone in her hand *(= estimated how heavy it was by holding it)*."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating", "Maths and measurement"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to consider something carefully before making a decision",
            "sensetop": "weigh something (up)weigh (up) something against something",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You must weigh up the pros and cons *(= consider the advantages and disadvantages of something)*.",
                    "contextForm": "weigh something (up)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She weighed up all the evidence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You'll need to weigh up all your options."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The jury weighed up the evidence carefully."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I weighed the benefits of the plan against the risks involved.",
                    "contextForm": "weigh (up) something against something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We weighed the cost of advertising against the likely gains from increased business."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["carefully", "up"],
                "preposition": ["against"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to have an influence on somebody’s opinion or the result of something",
            "sensetop": "weigh (with somebody) (against somebody/something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His past record **weighs heavily** against him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The evidence weighs in her favour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This fact weighed heavily in her favour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His untidy appearance weighed against him."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["heavily", "strongly"],
                "preposition": ["against", "in favour/​favor of", "with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to lift an anchor out of the water and into a boat before sailing away",
            "sensetop": "weigh anchor",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to choose your words carefully so that you say exactly what you mean",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He spoke slowly, weighing his words."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/weɪ/",
                "audio": "we/weigh/weigh__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/weɪz/",
                "audio": "we/weigh/weighs__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/weɪd/",
                "audio": "we/weigh/weighed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈweɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "we/weigh/weighing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/weɪ/",
                "audio": "we/weigh/weigh__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/weɪz/",
                "audio": "we/weigh/weighs__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/weɪd/",
                "audio": "we/weigh/weighed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈweɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "we/weigh/weighing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "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’."
}