outweigh

/aut'wei/

Thân thiện

The benefits of the new plan outweigh the costs.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To exceed in weight, value, importance, or influence: To be greater or more significant than something else when compared.
   • To be heavier than: To have a greater physical weight.

Examples of Usage

• Verb:

Advanced Usage

• "to outweigh by a factor of...": To be greater by a specific multiple or degree.
• "far outweigh": To be significantly or considerably greater.

Variants and Related Words

• Outweighing (present participle/gerund): The act of being more significant.
• Outweighed (simple past and past participle): The state of having been greater.

Synonyms

• Exceed: To be greater in number or quality.
• Surpass: To go beyond in amount, quality, or degree.
• Eclipse: To make less important or impressive by comparison.
• Override: To be more important than or to prevail over.

Related Phrases

• "The pros outweigh the cons": A common phrase meaning the advantages are greater than the disadvantages.

Notes on Meaning

• The word is most commonly used in a figurative sense to compare abstract qualities like benefits, costs, or arguments, rather than literal physical weight.
• It inherently involves a comparison between two or more entities, where one is judged to be superior in some measurable or significant aspect.

Học thuật

Verb

1. weigh more heavily
   • these considerations outweigh our wishes
2. be heavier than

Từ đồng nghĩa

• preponderate
• overbalance
• outbalance