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upweighting

upweighting is the present participle and gerund of upweight.

Meaning of upweight

Verb

upweight (third-person singular simple present upweights, present participle upweighting, simple past and past participle upweighted)

  1. (transitive) To give a greater weight (or importance) to.
    • In other words, politicians who feel distrusted may upweight the risks attached to policy failure, whilst politicians who feel mistrusted may upweight the risks attached to being ‘caught out’ in their BAB.2024, James Weinberg, Governing in an Age of Distrust: A Comparative Study of Politicians' Trust Perceptions and Why They Matter, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
    Antonyms:
    downweight

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Questions about upweighting

What is upweighting the present participle and gerund of?
Upweighting is the present participle and gerund of upweight.

Words near upweighting in the dictionary

  1. upwash
  2. upwashes
  3. upways
  4. upweight
  5. upweighted
  6. upweighting
  7. upweights
  8. upwell
  9. upwelled
  10. upwelling
  11. upwellings

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