weighted
/ˈweɪ.tɪd/US/ˈweɪ.tɪd/
weighted is the simple past and past participle of weight.
Adjective
weighted (comparative more weighted, superlative most weighted)
- Having weights on it.
- She wore a weighted dress so it wouldn't blow in the wind.
- Biased, so as to favour one party.
- The competition was weighted so he'd be the clear favourite to win.
- having values assigned to its edges
- With the components of an average multiplied by particular factors so as to take account of their relative importance.
- Containing a large proportion (of something).
- Huntsman starts out with a vision of Theron that’s specific, unique, and weighted in character, but it trends throughout toward generic fantasy tropes and black-and-white morality, and climaxes in a thoroughly familiar face-off.2012 May 31, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
Meaning of weight
Verb
weight (third-person singular simple present weights, present participle weighting, simple past and past participle weighted)
- To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
- To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight.
- To load, burden or oppress someone.
- To assign weights to individual statistics.
- To bias something; to slant.
- The criteria governing the choice of candidate were heavily weighted in his favor.
- To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
Forms of weighted
| comparative | more weighted |
|---|---|
| superlative | most weighted |
Words formed from weighted
Phrases with weighted
Words that rhyme with weighted
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- stated
- truncated
- abated
- dehydrated
- dilated
- grated
- lirated
- outdated
- sated
- serrated
- undated
- antedated
- awaited
- backdated
- baited
- bated
- berated
- castrated
- collated
- conflated
- crated
- created
- cremated
- curated
- debated
- donated
- elated
- equated
- estimated
- fated
- fixated
- freighted
- gaited
- hated
- interrelated
- located
- mated
- misdated
- narrated
- negated
- nipple-dilated
- orated
- overdrawn
- overinflated
- overrated
- overstated
- prated
- pulsated
Questions about weighted
- What does weighted mean?
- Weighted means having weights on it.
- What is weighted the simple past and past participle of?
- Weighted is the simple past and past participle of weight.
- What part of speech is weighted?
- Weighted is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce weighted?
- Weighted is pronounced /ˈweɪ.tɪd/ (UK).
Words near weighted in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: weighted (page history and authors); weight (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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