weight
noun
the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
have weighted
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present perfectof weight.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Bungie even appears to have weighted the mode against larger maps like Disjunction, Eternity, and Vostok, so everything feels faster on the smaller maps.
From The Verge ● Sep. 7, 2022
But by announcing this deal before regulators have weighted in on Comcast’s deal for Time Warner Cable, executives are expressing their vote of confidence that the deal will not get blocked.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2015
One might think all of those problems would have weighted down James' spirit, and her voice, layering it with sadness, or despair.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2012
Nations have weighted votes, with the U.S. holding almost 17 percent of the total.
From BusinessWeek ● May 21, 2011
His short pieces during a long period of his life were so numerous that to have brought them all together would have weighted his more important works with too great an amount of extraneous matter.
From Thackeray by Anthony Trollope
