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Exam: TOEFL

weep

IPA: /wiːp/

KK: /wip/

intransitive verb

Definition: To express sadness or grief by shedding tears.

Example: She began to weep when she heard the sad news.

noun

Definition: A time when someone cries or sheds tears, often used to describe a moment of sadness or emotional release.

Example: After hearing the sad news, she had a weep in the corner of the room.

transitive verb

Definition: To shed tears as a way of expressing strong emotions like sadness or grief.

Example: She began to weep when she heard the sad news.

weigh

IPA: /weɪ/

KK: /weɪ/

intransitive verb

Definition: To have a certain heaviness or mass; to be measured in terms of weight.

Example: The package weighs more than I expected.

noun

Definition: Not a valid English word.

Example: Not available

transitive verb

Definition: To find out how heavy something is by using a scale or balance.

Example: The doctor will weigh the patient before the check-up.

weighing

IPA: /ˈweɪ.ɪŋ/

KK: /ˈweɪɪŋ/

adjective

Definition: Having a heavy or burdensome quality; something that is heavy or causes a burden.

Example: The weighing responsibilities of the job made her feel stressed.

noun

Definition: The act of measuring how heavy something is.

Example: The weighing of the ingredients is important for the recipe.

verb

Definition: To measure how heavy something is, usually using a scale.

Example: She is weighing the ingredients for the cake.

weight

IPA: /weɪt/

KK: /weɪt/

noun

Definition: A measure of how heavy something is, often used to describe the heaviness of objects or materials.

Example: The weight of the box was too heavy for me to lift.

transitive verb

Definition: To make something heavier or to assign a specific weight to it.

Example: The coach decided to weight the training program to improve the athletes' performance.

weighted

IPA: /ˈweɪtɪd/

KK: /ˈweɪtɪd/

adjective

Definition: Describing something that has been made heavier by adding weight or that has been adjusted to reflect different values or proportions, often used in statistics.

Example: The weighted scores helped to give a more accurate representation of the students' performance.

weightier

IPA: /ˈweɪtiər/

KK: /ˈweɪtiər/

adjective

Definition: Having more weight or importance than something else.

Example: The weightier issues of the debate were discussed last.

weightiest

IPA: /ˈweɪtiɪst/

KK: /ˈweɪtiɪst/

adjective

Definition: The most heavy or significant in weight or importance.

Example: Among all the issues discussed, the environmental crisis is the weightiest concern we face today.

weightily

IPA: /ˈweɪtɪli/

KK: /ˈweɪtɪli/

adverb

Definition: In a manner that is heavy or serious, often implying importance or significance.

Example: The speaker weightily addressed the audience about the importance of climate change.

weightiness

IPA: /ˈweɪtɪnəs/

KK: /ˈweɪtɪnəs/

noun

Definition: The quality of being heavy or having a lot of weight.

Example: The weightiness of the situation made everyone feel anxious.

weighting

IPA: /ˈweɪtɪŋ/

KK: /ˈweɪtɪŋ/

noun

Definition: The act of giving different levels of importance or value to different items or factors, often used in statistics or decision-making.

Example: The weighting of the survey responses helped to ensure that all demographics were fairly represented.

verb

Definition: To give importance or value to something, often in a mathematical or statistical context.

Example: The researcher is weighting the survey responses to reflect the population more accurately.

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