Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upweight

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: up-weight
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To give a greater weight (or importance) to.

Transitive verb

noun

The amount of weight (in grams) a piano key will lift back up from its depressed position.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In other words, politicians who feel distrusted may upweight the risks attached to policy failure, whilst politicians who feel mistrusted may upweight the risks attached to being ‘caught out’ in their BAB."
"Piano technicians have to measurements at their disposal for measuring touchweight: downweight and upweight. Downweight and upweight are measured in grams."

Etymology

From up- + weight.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: up

Usage

Inflected Forms

upweights (present, singular) upweighting (participle, present) upweighted (participle, past) upweighted (past) upweights (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

downweight

Antonyms

downweight

Questions

What does upweight mean?: To give a greater weight (or importance) to.
Where does upweight come from?: From up- + weight.

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