outweigh

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪ

Verb

outweigh (third-person singular simple present outweighs, present participle outweighing, simple past and past participle outweighed)

(transitive) To exceed in weight or mass.
(transitive) To exceed in importance or value.
- 1945 August 17, George Orwell, chapter 6, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:
  
  The advantage […] was so great that it would have taken a lot of failures to outweigh it.

Translations

to exceed in weight or mass

Romanian: a cântări mai greu decât

to exceed in importance or value

Romanian: a excede în valoare

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Czech: převážit (cs)
Dutch: zwaarder wegen

German: überwiegen, übertreffen, übersteigen
Swedish: överväga (sv)

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