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weighted

/ˈweɪt.ɪd/

verb

Meaning

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

  • To load, burden or oppress someone.

  • To assign weights to individual statistics.

  • To bias something; to slant.

  • To handicap a horse with a specified weight.

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

adjective

Meaning

  • Having weights on it.

    "She wore a weighted dress so it wouldn't blow in the wind."

  • Biased, so as to favour one party.

    "The competition was weighted so he'd be the clear favourite to win."

  • (of a graph) having values assigned to its edges

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

  • Containing a large proportion (of something).