weigh in the balance in English

Forms: weighs in the balance [present, singular, third-person], weighing in the balance [participle, present], weighed in the balance [participle, past], weighed in the balance [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|weighs in the balance|weighing in the balance|weighed in the balance}} weigh in the balance (third-person singular simple present weighs in the balance, present participle weighing in the balance, simple past and past participle weighed in the balance)

[Show JSON for postprocessed kaikki.org data shown on this page ▼] [Hide JSON for postprocessed kaikki.org data shown on this page ▲]

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weighs in the balance",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weighing in the balance",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weighed in the balance",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weighed in the balance",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "weighs in the balance",
        "2": "weighing in the balance",
        "3": "weighed in the balance"
      },
      "expansion": "weigh in the balance (third-person singular simple present weighs in the balance, present participle weighing in the balance, simple past and past participle weighed in the balance)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "All these arguments must be weighed in the balance.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ponder or evaluate; to assess the merits and demerits of."
      ],
      "id": "en-weigh_in_the_balance-en-verb-fx3Fr8lh",
      "links": [
        [
          "ponder",
          "ponder"
        ],
        [
          "evaluate",
          "evaluate"
        ],
        [
          "assess",
          "assess"
        ],
        [
          "merit",
          "merit"
        ],
        [
          "demerit",
          "demerit"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "hang in the balance"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "weigh in the balance"
}

[Show JSON for raw wiktextract data ▼] [Hide JSON for raw wiktextract data ▲]

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weighs in the balance",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weighing in the balance",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weighed in the balance",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weighed in the balance",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "weighs in the balance",
        "2": "weighing in the balance",
        "3": "weighed in the balance"
      },
      "expansion": "weigh in the balance (third-person singular simple present weighs in the balance, present participle weighing in the balance, simple past and past participle weighed in the balance)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "hang in the balance"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "All these arguments must be weighed in the balance.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ponder or evaluate; to assess the merits and demerits of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ponder",
          "ponder"
        ],
        [
          "evaluate",
          "evaluate"
        ],
        [
          "assess",
          "assess"
        ],
        [
          "merit",
          "merit"
        ],
        [
          "demerit",
          "demerit"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "weigh in the balance"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.

"weigh in the balance" meaning in English

Verb