Outweigh

//ˌaʊtˈweɪ// verb

verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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. 2
    be heavier than wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    weigh more heavily wordnet

Synonyms

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preponderateannulatone forbalancebestbetter

Example

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"A mother's advice would outweigh a friend's."

Etymology

From out- + weigh.

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