weigh

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. measure (weight); lift, heft; balance, scale, counterbalance; examine, ponder, consider, mull over, estimate; tell, count; weigh down, be heavy, drag, load, press; oppress, burden, depress; overbalance, bear down. See gravity, measurement, elevation, influence.

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(Roget's IV) v.

1. [To take the weight of]

Syn. measure, scale, put on the scales, hold the scales, put in the balance, counterbalance, heft*; see also balance 2 , measure 1 .

2. [To have weight]

Syn. be heavy, carry weight, be important, tell, count, show, register, press, pull, be a load, burden, tip the beams*, tip the scales*.

3. [To consider]

Syn. ponder, contemplate, balance; see consider 3 , estimate 1 , 2 , think 1 .

See Synonym Study at consider .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

1. measure weight put on the scales, tip the scales, heft, gauge.

2. consider ponder, deliberate, think about, contemplate, consider the pros and cons, evaluate, mull over, study, examine, reflect on.

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To be of significance or importance: count, import, matter, signify. See IMPORTANT. 2. To think or think about carefully and at length: chew on (or over), cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse1, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think out, think over, think through, turn over. Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain. See THOUGHTS.