Outweigh
/ˌaʊtˈweɪ/ verb
verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To exceed in weight or mass. transitive
"The King your brother is now hard at hand, Meete with the foole, and rid your royall ſhoulders Of ſuch a burden, as outweighs the ſands And all the craggie rockes of Caſpea."
- 2 be heavier than wordnet
- 3 To exceed in importance or value. transitive
"The advantage […] was so great that it would have taken a lot of failures to outweigh it."
- 4 weigh more heavily wordnet
Example
More examples"A mother's advice would outweigh a friend's."
Etymology
From out- + weigh.