Word family noun weight weights weighting adjective overweight ≠ underweight weighted weighty weightless verb weigh outweigh weight
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishoutweighout‧weigh /aʊtˈweɪ/ ●○○ verb [transitive] IMPORTANTto be more important or valuable than something else The benefits of the scheme outweigh the disadvantages.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
outweigh• The likely dangers of traditional internationalism are starting to outweigh any plausible benefits.• For frequent long-distance callers, the difficulties may be outweighed by the savings.• Nevertheless, he says, the legend outweighs mere facts.• It was sufficient to outweigh Mr Field's 165 to 113 second-round victory in the individual members' section.• In these circumstances the public interest in encouraging people to report cases of child abuse has been held to outweigh other interests.• The benefits of gaining insight, though, far outweigh the discomfort in getting there.• In the first study in 1993, negative depictions outweighed the positive 2-to-1.• Benefits of the surgery far outweigh the risk. 