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weighting

verb noun

To add weight to something; to make something heavier.

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Word Facts

Word length
9
Starts with
W
Ends with
G
Contains
EI
Scrabble score
17
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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verb

  1. To add weight to something; to make something heavier.

  2. To load, burden or oppress someone.

  3. To assign weights to individual statistics.

  4. To bias something; to slant.

  5. To handicap a horse with a specified weight.

  6. To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.

noun

  1. The weight or significance given to something, sometimes by means of a statistical multiplier.

    “Higher weightings were assigned to data from double-blind studies.”

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Example Sentences

Higher weightings were assigned to data from double-blind studies.
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