outweigh
/ˌaʊtˈweɪ/
outweigh verb: to exceed in weight or mass.
Verb
outweigh (third-person singular simple present outweighs, present participle outweighing, simple past and past participle outweighed)
- To exceed in weight or mass.
- The King your brother is now hard at hand,
Meete with the foole, and rid your royall ſhoulders
Of ſuch a burden, as outweighs the ſands
And all the craggie rockes of Caſpea.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
- The King your brother is now hard at hand,
- To exceed in importance or value.
- The advantage […] was so great that it would have taken a lot of failures to outweigh it.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC
- The trials have revealed that the advantage of extra seating capacity is more than outweighed by slower station working, as the double-deck train affords one door for 22 seats, compared with 10 or 12 in ordinary compartment stock.1951 January, “Notes and News: Double-Deck Train Trials Results”, in Railway Magazine, page 66
- Synonyms:
- override
outweigh meaning in Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic
outweigh in Malayalam
- അധികം തൂങ്ങുക, തൂക്കത്തിൽ കൂടുതലാകുക, വിലകൂട്ടുക
outweigh in Kannada
- ಮೀರಿಸು, ಮೀರು, ಅಧಿಕಪ್ರಾಧಾನ್ಯವನ್ನು ಪಡೆ, ಹೆಚ್ಚು ತೂಗು, ಹೆಚ್ಚು ತೂಕ ಹೊಂದಿರು, ಹೆಚ್ಚುಗಾರಿಕೆ ತೋರು
outweigh in Arabic
- to exceed in weight or mass
- ثَقَلَ ṯaqala
Examples of outweigh in a sentence
- A few trains, mostly at peak periods, will still terminate at Barnsley because the convenience to workpeople of their current times outweighs the advantages of through working.1960 April, “Talking of trains: The new link at Barnsley”, in Trains Illustrated, page 197:
- Flores said the images’ negative impact outweighs their historical and artistic value.2019 May 20, Walter Thompson, “A school's mural removal: should kids be shielded from brutal US history?”, in The Guardian:
Synonyms of outweigh
Forms of outweigh
| third-person singular present | outweighs |
|---|---|
| present participle | outweighing |
| past participle | outweighed |
| past | outweighed |
Origin of outweigh
From out- + weigh.
Words that rhyme with outweigh
Questions about outweigh
- What does outweigh mean?
- Outweigh means to exceed in weight or mass.
- What is outweigh in Bengali?
- Outweigh in Bengali is ওজন. See Outweigh meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use outweigh in a sentence?
- A few trains, mostly at peak periods, will still terminate at Barnsley because the convenience to workpeople of their current times outweighs the advantages of through working.
- What part of speech is outweigh?
- Outweigh is a verb.
- How do you pronounce outweigh?
- Outweigh is pronounced /ˌaʊtˈweɪ/.
- What is the past tense of outweigh?
- The past tense of outweigh is outweighed.
Words near outweigh in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: outweigh (page history and authors); outweigh (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outweigh (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outweigh (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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