weigh – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of weigh

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to weigh
Participle: weighed
Gerund: weighing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iweigh
youweigh
he;she;itweighs
weweigh
youweigh
theyweigh

Perfect

Ihave weighed
youhave weighed
he;she;ithas weighed
wehave weighed
youhave weighed
theyhave weighed

Past

Iweighed
youweighed
he;she;itweighed
weweighed
youweighed
theyweighed

Pluperfect

Ihad weighed
youhad weighed
he;she;ithad weighed
wehad weighed
youhad weighed
theyhad weighed

Future

Iwill weigh
youwill weigh
he;she;itwill weigh
wewill weigh
youwill weigh
theywill weigh

Future Perfect

Iwill have weighed
youwill have weighed
he;she;itwill have weighed
wewill have weighed
youwill have weighed
theywill have weighed

Subjunctive

Present

Iweigh
youweigh
he;she;itweigh
weweigh
youweigh
theyweigh

Perfect

Ihave weighed
youhave weighed
he;she;ithave weighed
wehave weighed
youhave weighed
theyhave weighed

Imperfect

Iweighed
youweighed
he;she;itweighed
weweighed
youweighed
theyweighed

Pluperfect

Ihad weighed
youhad weighed
he;she;ithad weighed
wehad weighed
youhad weighed
theyhad weighed

Conditional

Present

Iwould weigh
youwould weigh
he;she;itwould weigh
wewould weigh
youwould weigh
theywould weigh

Perfect

Iwould have weighed
youwould have weighed
he;she;itwould have weighed
wewould have weighed
youwould have weighed
theywould have weighed

Imperative

youweigh
weLet's weigh
youweigh

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam weighing
youare weighing
he;she;itis weighing
weare weighing
youare weighing
theyare weighing

Perfect

Ihave been weighing
youhave been weighing
he;she;ithas been weighing
wehave been weighing
youhave been weighing
theyhave been weighing

Past

Iwas weighing
youwere weighing
he;she;itwas weighing
wewere weighing
youwere weighing
theywere weighing

Pluperfect

Ihad been weighing
youhad been weighing
he;she;ithad been weighing
wehad been weighing
youhad been weighing
theyhad been weighing

Future

Iwill be weighing
youwill be weighing
he;she;itwill be weighing
wewill be weighing
youwill be weighing
theywill be weighing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been weighing
youwill have been weighing
he;she;itwill have been weighing
wewill have been weighing
youwill have been weighing
theywill have been weighing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be weighing
youwould be weighing
he;she;itwould be weighing
wewould be weighing
youwould be weighing
theywould be weighing

Perfect

Iwould have been weighing
youwould have been weighing
he;she;itwould have been weighing
wewould have been weighing
youwould have been weighing
theywould have been weighing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'weigh'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'weigh'

neigh, weight, bergh, besigh, beweigh, deign, feign, high, nigh, reign,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

balance
consider, contemplate, ponder, study, count, militate, tell

Antonyms

balance
upset, tilt, disproportion, subvert

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. wegan "find the weight of, have weight, lift, carry," from P.Gmc. *weganan (cf. O.S. wegan, O.Fris. wega, Du. wegen "to weigh," O.N. vega, O.H.G. wegan "to move, carry, weigh," Ger. wiegen "to weigh"), from PIE *wegh- "to move" (cf. Skt. vahati "carries, conveys," vahitram "vessel, ship;" Avestan vazaiti "he leads, draws;" Gk. okhos "carriage;" L. vehere "to carry, convey;" O.C.S. vesti "to carry, convey;" Lith. vezu "to carry, convey;" O.Ir. fecht "campaign, journey"). The original sense was of motion, which led to that of lifting, then to that of "measure the weight of." The older sense of "lift, carry" survives in the nautical phrase weigh anchor. Fig. sense of "to consider, ponder" (in ref. to words, etc.) is recorded from 1340.
2. From Middle English weyen, from Old English wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan, from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”).
3. Cognates
4. Cognate with Scots wey, wee, Dutch wegen, German wiegen, wägen, Danish veje, Norwegian Bokmål veie, Norwegian Nynorsk vega. Doublet of wedge, wagon, way, and vector. See: Middle English 'weyen', Old English 'wegan', Proto-Germanic '*weganą', Proto-Indo-European '*wéǵʰeti', Dutch 'wegen', German, old spelling 'wiegen', Danish 'veje', Norwegian 'veie', Norwegian, nynorsk 'vega'.

Verbs referencing "weigh"

German, old spelling wiegen, German, old spelling wägen, Norwegian, nynorsk vega, Danish veje, Sanskrit वहति, Russian везти, Hindi बहना, Cimbrian béegan, Luxembourgish weien, Alemannic German weigge.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] South—to Charleston. But when I came to consider the length of time which this journey would occupy, and the premature heat of the season, which even at Washington had been often very trying; and weighed moreover, in my own mind, the pain of living in the constant contemplation of slavery, against the more than doubtful chances of my ever seeing it, in the time I had to spare, stripped of the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • I wore a fur great-coat at that time, and before we were well clear of the wharf, he questioned me concerning it, and its price, and where I bought it, and when, and what fur it was, and what it weighed, and what it cost. Then he took notice of my watch, and asked me what that cost, and whether it was a French watch, and where I got it, and how I got it, and whether I bought it or had it [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] there is nothing to drink upon the table, but great jugs full of cold water. Nobody says anything, at any meal, to anybody. All the passengers are very dismal, and seem to have tremendous secrets weighing on their minds. There is no conversation, no laughter, no cheerfulness, no sociality, except in spitting; and that is done in silent fellowship round the stove, when the meal is over. Every man [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] laboriously from verse to verse. Fortunate for him was it that the book he was intent on was one which slow reading cannot injure,—nay, one whose words, like ingots of gold, seem often to need to be weighed separately, that the mind may take in their priceless value. Let us follow him a moment, as, pointing to each word, and pronouncing each half aloud, he reads, (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] concealments, and had as little capacity of enjoyment or light-heartedness. I never in my life did see such listless, heavy dulness as brooded over these meals: the very recollection of it weighs me down, and makes me, for the moment, wretched. Reading and writing on my knee, in our little cabin, I really dreaded the coming of the hour that summoned us to table; and was as glad to escape [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] Being myself one of the laziest of mortals, I had altogether too much fellow-feeling for the lazy; and when poor, shiftless dogs put stones at the bottom of their cotton-baskets to make them weigh heavier, or filled their sacks with dirt, with cotton at the top, it seemed so exactly like what I should do if I were they, I couldn't and wouldn't have them flogged for it. Well, of course, there [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] and piled, and she had several times put largely into Tom 's. Long after dusk, the whole weary train, with their baskets on their heads, defiled up to the building appropriated to the storing and weighing the cotton. Legree was there, busily conversing with the two drivers. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Slowly the weary, dispirited creatures, wound their way into the room, and, with crouching reluctance, presented their baskets to be weighed. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Tom's basket was weighed and approved; and he looked, with an anxious glance, for the success of the woman he had befriended. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)