"outweigh" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌaʊtˈweɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-outweigh.wav [Southern-England] Forms: outweighs [present, singular, third-person], outweighing [participle, present], outweighed [participle, past], outweighed [past]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: out- + weigh Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|weigh}} out- + weigh Head templates: {{en-verb}} outweigh (third-person singular simple present outweighs, present participle outweighing, simple past and past participle outweighed)
  1. (transitive) To exceed in weight or mass. Tags: transitive Translations (to exceed in weight or mass): ثَقَلَ (ṯaqala) (Arabic), тежа повече от (teža poveče ot) (Bulgarian), überwiegen (German), eccedere (Italian), a cântări mai greu decât (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-outweigh-en-verb-eZK70H3D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'to exceed in weight or mass': 78 22
  2. (transitive) To exceed in importance or value. Tags: transitive Translations (to exceed in importance or value): имам по-голямо значение (imam po-goljamo značenie) (Bulgarian), überragen (German), superare (Italian), 上回る (uwamawaru) (Japanese), a excede în valoare (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-outweigh-en-verb-dI6HCgsB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'to exceed in importance or value': 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: outnumber

Inflected forms

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