weight – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of weight

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to weight
Participle: weighted
Gerund: weighting

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iweight
youweight
he;she;itweights
weweight
youweight
theyweight

Perfect

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

Past

Iweighted
youweighted
he;she;itweighted
weweighted
youweighted
theyweighted

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Iweight
youweight
he;she;itweight
weweight
youweight
theyweight

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Iweighted
youweighted
he;she;itweighted
weweighted
youweighted
theyweighted

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youweight
weLet's weight
youweight

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'weight'

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 'weight'

weigh, wright, adight, alight, aright, bedight, befight, behight, belight, benight,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. gewiht, from P.Gmc. *(ga)wekhtiz, *(ga)wekhtjan (cf. O.N. vætt, O.Fris. wicht, M.Du. gewicht, Ger. Gewicht), from *weg- (see weigh). The verb meaning "to load with weight" is attested from 1747; sense in statistics is recorded from 1901. To lose weight "get thinner" is recorded from 1961. Weight Watcher as a trademark name dates from 1960. To pull one's weight (1921) is from rowing. Weighty "important, serious, grave" is from 1489.
2. From Middle English weight, weiȝte, weght, wight, from Old English wiht, ġewiht (“weight”), from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz ("weight"; compare *weganą (“to move”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move; pull; draw; drive”). Equivalent to weigh + -t (abstract nominal suffix).
3. Cognate with Scots wecht, weicht (“weight”), Saterland Frisian Wächte (“scale”), Gewicht (“weight”), West Frisian gewicht (“weight”), Dutch gewicht (“weight”), German Low German Wicht, Gewicht (“weight”), German Wucht (“massiveness, force”), Gewicht (“weight”). See: Scots 'wecht', Frisian, Saterlandic 'Wächte'.

Sample Sentences

  • The criteria governing the choice of candidate were heavily weighted in his favor.
  • The U.K. economy is heavily weighted towards the service sector and the coronavirus pandemic could lead to a 10% fall in gross domestic product in the second quarter, according to economists at Jefferies. [2020 March 19, Marcus Ashworth, “Cheap Sterling Has Reasons to Be Cheaper”, in The Washington Post:]
  • With good peripheral vision he spots his teammate, Ray Evans, lurking in the scoring zone and sweeps a perfectly weighted pass to him. [2008, Tom Valenta, Remember Me, Mrs V?: Caring for My Wife: Her Alzheimer's and Others' Stories, ReadHowYouWant:]