weigh

To be a particular amount of weight.

• I weigh sixty kilograms.
• How much did the baby weigh at birth?
• These bags weigh more than I expected.

How to use it: weigh + amount (The parcel weighs two kilograms.)

Common phrases: weigh ten kilograms, weigh a ton, weigh very little, weigh too much

To use scales to find out how heavy someone or something is.

• Please weigh the flour.
• The nurse weighed the baby this morning.
• Have you weighed your suitcase yet?

Common phrases: weigh the luggage, weigh a baby, weigh the flour, weigh yourself

To think carefully about the value or importance of something before making a decision.

• We need to weigh our options.
• She weighed the evidence before deciding.
• Have you weighed the costs against the benefits?

How to use it: weigh A against B (We weighed the benefits against the possible risks.)

Similar words: consider, assess, evaluate

Common phrases: weigh the evidence, weigh your options, weigh the risks, weigh something carefully

An occasion when you use scales to check how heavy something is.

• Give the parcel a weigh.
• A quick weigh showed that the bag was too heavy.
• Let's give the flour a weigh before adding it.

Similar words: weighing

Common phrases: a quick weigh, give something a weigh