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WEIGHTED

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Adjusted to reflect value or proportionplay

Example:

a weighted average

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

adjusted (altered to accommodate to certain requirements or bring into a proper relation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Made heavy or weighted down with wearinessplay

Example:

weighted eyelids

Synonyms:

leaden; weighted

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

heavy (marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb weight

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 Context examples: 

I was very anxious about him, and I was powerless to act; my feet, and my hands, and my brain were weighted, so that nothing could proceed at the usual pace.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It seemed likely enough that the weighted coat had remained when the stripped body had been sucked away into the river.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)




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