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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
value
English
Alternative forms
- valew (in the sense of “valour”)
Etymology
From Middle English valew, value, from Old French value , feminine past participle of valoir, from Latin val?re (“be strong, be worth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?welh?- (“to be strong”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: v?l'?, IPA(key): /?vælju?/
- Hyphenation: val?ue
- Rhymes: -ælju?
Noun
value (countable and uncountable, plural values)
- The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.
- Synonym: worth
- (uncountable) The degree of importance given to something.
- That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
- He does not share his parents' values.
- family values
- The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
- 1825, John Ramsay McCulloch, Principles of Political Economy
- An article may be possessed of the highest degree of utility, or power to minister to our wants and enjoyments, and may be universally made use of, without possessing exchangeable value.
- 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy
- His design was not to pay him the value of his pictures, because they were above any price.
- 1825, John Ramsay McCulloch, Principles of Political Economy
- (music) The relative duration of a musical note.
- (art) The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
- 2006, Edith Anderson Feisner, Colour: How to Use Colour in Art and Design
- When pigments of equal value are mixed together, the resulting color will be a darker value. This is the result of subtraction.
- 2010, Rose Edin and ?Dee Jepsen, Color Harmonies: Paint Watercolors Filled with Light
- Shadows and light move very quickly when you are painting on location. Use Cobalt Blue to quickly establish the painting's values.
- 2006, Edith Anderson Feisner, Colour: How to Use Colour in Art and Design
- (mathematics, physics) Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.
- Precise meaning; import.
- 1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece
- Yet that learned and diligent annotator has , in a following note , shown his sense of the value of a passage of Livy , marking , in a few words , most strongly the desolation of Italy under the Roman republic
- 1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece
- (in the plural) The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc.
- (obsolete) Esteem; regard.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
- My relation to the person was so near, and my value for him so great.
- (obsolete) Valour; also spelled valew.
- And him with equall valew countervayld
Synonyms
- valence
Hyponyms
- added value
- economic value
- face value
- intrinsic value
- lvalue
- market value
- note value
- par value
- rvalue
- time value
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
value (third-person singular simple present values, present participle valuing, simple past and past participle valued)
- To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something.
- To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work.
- To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.
- To hold dear.
Synonyms
- appreciate
- assess
- esteem
- prize
- rate
- respect
- treasure
- valuate
- worthen
Antonyms
- belittle
- derogate
- despise
- disesteem
- disrespect
Translations
See also
- value system
References
- value at OneLook Dictionary Search
- value in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- value in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- value in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- uveal
French
Verb
value
- feminine singular of the past participle of valoir
value From the web:
- what value is closest to the mass of the atom
- what values are important to you
- what values make the inequality true
- how to find the mass of the atom
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