outweigh

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌaʊtˈweɪ/
Rhymes: -eɪ

Verb

outweigh (third-person singular simple present outweighs, present participle outweighing, simple past and past participle outweighed)

(transitive) To exceed in weight or mass.
(transitive) To exceed in importance or value.
- 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 6, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:
  
  The advantage […] was so great that it would have taken a lot of failures to outweigh it.
- 2019 May 20, Walter Thompson, “A school's mural removal: should kids be shielded from brutal US history?”, in The Guardian‎:
  Flores said the images’ negative impact outweighs their historical and artistic value.

Translations

to exceed in weight or mass

German: überwiegen (de)

Romanian: a cântări mai greu decât

to exceed in importance or value

Romanian: a excede în valoare

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Czech: ^{(please verify)} převážit (cs)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} zwaarder wegen

German: ^{(please verify)} überwiegen (de), übertreffen (de), übersteigen (de)
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} överväga (sv)

Anagrams

weigh out

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