Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weighted

/ˈweɪ.tɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables: weight-ed
IPA: /ˈweɪ.tɪd/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of weight

adj

Having weights on it.

adj

Biased, so as to favour one party.

adj

having values assigned to its edges

adj

With the components of an average multiplied by particular factors so as to take account of their relative importance.

adj

Containing a large proportion (of something).

Example Sentences

"She wore a weighted dress so it wouldn't blow in the wind."
"The competition was weighted so he'd be the clear favourite to win."
"Huntsman starts out with a vision of Theron that’s specific, unique, and weighted in character, but it trends throughout toward generic fantasy tropes and black-and-white morality, and climaxes in a thoroughly familiar face-off."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈweɪ.tɪd/
British English: /ˈweɪ.tɪd/

Inflected Forms

more weighted (comparative) most weighted (superlative)

Phrases

time-weighted weighted alphabet weighted average weighted-average cost of capital weighted graph weighted mean weighted vest

Synonyms

leaden

Homonyms

waited

Rhymes With

related stated updated rated dated waited translated unrelated underrated debated awaited overrated

Questions

How do you pronounce weighted?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈweɪ.tɪd/.
What does weighted mean?: simple past and past participle of weight

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