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The correct spelling is weighted.
How to pronounce weighted
verb
IPA: /ˈweɪt.ɪd/
Say it like: Way-ted
The correct spelling is weighted. To add weight to something; to make something heavier. For example: "She wore a weighted dress so it wouldn't blow in the wind."
Usage Examples
“She wore a weighted dress so it wouldn't blow in the wind.”
“The competition was weighted so he'd be the clear favourite to win.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
- 2.To load, burden or oppress someone.
- 3.To assign weights to individual statistics.
- 4.To bias something; to slant.
- 5.To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
adjective
- 1.Having weights on it.
- 2.Biased, so as to favour one party.
- 3.(of a graph) having values assigned to its edges
- 4.With the components of an average multiplied by particular factors so as to take account of their relative importance.
- 5.Containing a large proportion (of something).
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