How to pronounce “weigh”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
• (transitive) Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.
• (transitive, figuratively) To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
• (intransitive, figuratively, obsolete) To judge; to estimate.
• (transitive) To consider a subject. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
• (intransitive, copulative, stative) To have a certain weight.
• (intransitive) To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
• (intransitive) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
• (transitive, nautical) To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
• (intransitive, nautical) To weigh anchor.
• To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
• (obsolete) To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.
• [Noun]
• The act of weighing, of measuring the weight

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