different between weigh vs counteract
weigh
English
Alternative forms
- waye, weye (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English weghen, we?en, from Old English wegan, from Proto-Germanic *wegan? (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wé??eti, from *we??- (“to bring, transport”). Cognate with Scots wey or weich, Dutch wegen, German wiegen, wägen, Danish veje, Norwegian Bokmål veie, Norwegian Nynorsk vega. Doublet of wedge, wagon, way, and vector.
Pronunciation
- enPR: w?, IPA(key): /we?/
- Rhymes: -e?
- Homophones: way, wey, whey (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Verb
weigh (third-person singular simple present weighs, present participle weighing, simple past and past participle weighed)
- (transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
- (transitive) Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.
- (transitive, figuratively) To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
- (intransitive, figuratively, obsolete) To judge; to estimate.
- (transitive) To consider a subject. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (transitive) To have a certain weight.
- (intransitive) To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
- They only weigh the heavier.
- (intransitive) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
- (transitive, nautical) To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
- (intransitive, nautical) To weigh anchor.
- To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
- (obsolete) To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.
Usage notes
- In commercial and everyday use, the term "weight" is usually used to mean mass, and the verb "to weigh" means "to determine the mass of" or "to have a mass of".
Derived terms
Related terms
- weight
Translations
weigh From the web:
- what weight should i be
- what weight is considered obese
- what weighs 100 grams
- what weight class is floyd mayweather
- what weighs a gram
- what weighs 500 grams
- what weight class is israel adesanya
- what weighs a ton
counteract
English
Etymology
From counter- +? act.
Pronunciation
- (noun) IPA(key): /?ka?nt???ækt/
- (verb) IPA(key): /?ka?nt???ækt/
- Rhymes: -ækt
Noun
counteract (plural counteracts)
- An action performed in opposition to another action.
Verb
counteract (third-person singular simple present counteracts, present participle counteracting, simple past and past participle counteracted)
- To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on
- 1796, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia, or, the Laws of Organic Life
- Another tide is raised at the same time on the opposite side of the revolving earth; which is owing to the greater centrifugal motion of that side of the earth, which counteracts the gravitation of bodies near its surface.
- 1911, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica - Dome
- In India, in the “great mosque” of Jama Masjid (a.d. 1560) and the Gol Gumbaz, or tomb of Mahommed Adil Shah (a.d. 1630) at Bijapur, the domes are carried on pendentives consisting of arches crossing one another and projecting inwards, and their weight counteracts any thrust there may be in the dome.
- 1796, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia, or, the Laws of Organic Life
- To deliberately act in opposition to, to thwart or frustrate
- 2016, Margaret Corvid writing in the New Statesman, Five practical things you can do to fight Donald Trump if you live in the UK
- When people hear my American accent, they want to talk to me about Donald Trump. They want to ask me what happened, and why. But most of all, they ask me – with fear filling their voices – what they can do, as individuals, to counteract him, here, from the United Kingdom.
- 2016, Margaret Corvid writing in the New Statesman, Five practical things you can do to fight Donald Trump if you live in the UK
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:hinder
Derived terms
Translations
counteract From the web:
- what counteracts salt
- what counteracts caffeine
- what counteracts sugar
- what counteracts vinegar
- what counteracts birth control
- what counteracts sodium
- what counteracts melatonin
- what counteracts garlic
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