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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERWEIGH

overweigh  [ˌəʊvəˈweɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERWEIGH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overweigh is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb overweigh in English.

WHAT DOES OVERWEIGH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overweigh in the English dictionary

The definition of overweigh in the dictionary is to exceed in weight; overbalance. Other definition of overweigh is to weigh down; oppress.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OVERWEIGH

PRESENT

Present
I overweigh
you overweigh
he/she/it overweighs
we overweigh
you overweigh
they overweigh
Present continuous
I am overweighing
you are overweighing
he/she/it is overweighing
we are overweighing
you are overweighing
they are overweighing
Present perfect
I have overweighed
you have overweighed
he/she/it has overweighed
we have overweighed
you have overweighed
they have overweighed
Present perfect continuous
I have been overweighing
you have been overweighing
he/she/it has been overweighing
we have been overweighing
you have been overweighing
they have been overweighing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I overweighed
you overweighed
he/she/it overweighed
we overweighed
you overweighed
they overweighed
Past continuous
I was overweighing
you were overweighing
he/she/it was overweighing
we were overweighing
you were overweighing
they were overweighing
Past perfect
I had overweighed
you had overweighed
he/she/it had overweighed
we had overweighed
you had overweighed
they had overweighed
Past perfect continuous
I had been overweighing
you had been overweighing
he/she/it had been overweighing
we had been overweighing
you had been overweighing
they had been overweighing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will overweigh
you will overweigh
he/she/it will overweigh
we will overweigh
you will overweigh
they will overweigh
Future continuous
I will be overweighing
you will be overweighing
he/she/it will be overweighing
we will be overweighing
you will be overweighing
they will be overweighing
Future perfect
I will have overweighed
you will have overweighed
he/she/it will have overweighed
we will have overweighed
you will have overweighed
they will have overweighed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been overweighing
you will have been overweighing
he/she/it will have been overweighing
we will have been overweighing
you will have been overweighing
they will have been overweighing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would overweigh
you would overweigh
he/she/it would overweigh
we would overweigh
you would overweigh
they would overweigh
Conditional continuous
I would be overweighing
you would be overweighing
he/she/it would be overweighing
we would be overweighing
you would be overweighing
they would be overweighing
Conditional perfect
I would have overweigh
you would have overweigh
he/she/it would have overweigh
we would have overweigh
you would have overweigh
they would have overweigh
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been overweighing
you would have been overweighing
he/she/it would have been overweighing
we would have been overweighing
you would have been overweighing
they would have been overweighing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you overweigh
we let´s overweigh
you overweigh
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to overweigh
Past participle
overweighed
Present Participle
overweighing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERWEIGH


Anhui
ˈænˈweɪ
Anhwei
ˈænˈweɪ
away
əˈweɪ
aweigh
əˈweɪ
counterweigh
ˌkaʊntəˈweɪ
foreweigh
fɔːˈweɪ
hadaway
ˌhædəˈweɪ
halfway
ˌhɑːfˈweɪ
lwei
ləˈweɪ
outweigh
ˌaʊtˈweɪ
preweigh
priːˈweɪ
reweigh
riːˈweɪ
straightaway
ˌstreɪtəˈweɪ
wellaway
ˈwɛləˈweɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERWEIGH

overwatch
overwater
overweak
overwear
overweary
overweather
overween
overweening
overweeningly
overweeningness
overweight
overwet
overwhelm
overwhelmed
overwhelming
overwhelmingly
overwide
overwily
overwind
overwing

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERWEIGH

bobsleigh
Burleigh
dog sleigh
dreigh
Eastleigh
inveigh
Leigh
neigh
Raleigh
Rayleigh
screigh
skeigh
skreigh
sleigh
under weigh
weigh

Synonyms and antonyms of overweigh in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overweigh» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERWEIGH

Find out the translation of overweigh to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overweigh from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overweigh» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

较赞同
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pesen
570 millions of speakers

English

overweigh
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overweigh
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

overweigh
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

перевешивает
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sobrepusessem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overweigh
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

surpondérer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lebih banyak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

überwiegen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

overweigh
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

overweigh
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Luwih akeh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overweigh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overweigh
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओव्हरहेच
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

overweigh
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overweigh
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

, przewyższają
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

переважує
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overweigh
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντισταθμίσουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overweigh
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

uppväga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overweigh
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overweigh

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERWEIGH»

The term «overweigh» is normally little used and occupies the 132.809 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERWEIGH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «overweigh» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «overweigh» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overweigh

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERWEIGH»

Discover the use of overweigh in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overweigh and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Handbook of Trial Consulting
A famous law review paper by Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Tribe argued that statistical evidence has no place in the courtroom because jurors will overweigh this type of evidence. He wrote: The problem of the overpowering number, that ...
Richard L. Wiener, Brian H. Bornstein, 2011
2
The New and Complete Dictionary of the English Language
Overwei h'ing ( p. a. from overweigh) F (preponder Overwei ght Overwe'nt (adj. obsolete) Overwhelme Overwhel'rn (41. t. from over, and whelm) (s. from overweigh) A Outweighing. beneath something violent and weighty. Overwhelm-' ed (p.
John Ash, 1775
3
Paternalism: Theory and Practice
For example, empirical research has shown that physicians are often highly inaccurate at predicting the goals and preferences of their patients.23 This is in part due to the fact that physicians overweigh the value of health when they think  ...
Christian Coons, Michael Weber, 2013
4
Gaining Momentum: Managing the Diffusion of Innovations
However, consumers tend to psychologically overweigh what they are being asked to give up (i.e. the benefit of the current status quo) relative to what they will get (i.e. the benefit of the new alternative). In contrast, developers tend to ...
Joseph Tidd, 2010
5
Learn to Slap Your Child:
... child crashing to ground. 4. Is better than constant cribbing. 5. If used sparingly, has a long memory. areableto People recall that occasional slap from theirfavorite uncle,even half a centurylater. CONS. –. Actually. overweigh. the. pros. 1.
Dr. Sunil Vaid, 2014
6
Getting Advice from the Same Source But at a Different Cost: ...
How do people evaluate the usefulness of advice they receive? Drawing on aspects of behavioral decision theory, this paper argues that the cost of advice, independent of its quality, will affect how it is used.
Francesca Gino, Harvard Business School. Division of Research, 2004
7
Proceedings of the Workshop on Picture Data Description and ...
... prob)) ,sum(overweigh(m4,prob))) parend end end Clustering techniques are widely used in pattern recognition and more generally in data analysis. Graph representation of data points includes a node for each point (pixel in image space) ...
IEEE Computer Society. Technical Committee on Machine Intelligence and Pattern Analysis, 1980
8
Proceedings of the Workshop on Picture Data Description and ...
... begin mini * min(image); maxi ♢ max (image); den ♢ maxi-mini; Par prob ♢ ( image-mini) /den parend; to k do ents of ml ... . ,m4 for i + 1 par prob ♢ parend end end <(sum(overweigh(ml ,prob) ) , sum(over- weigh(m2,prob)) , sum(overweigh( m3 ...
‎1980
9
A general Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary of the ...
Overweigh, 3-vur-wiJ v. a. To outweigh. Overweight, 8tvur-wlte, *. Preponderance . Overwhelm, S-vùr-hwílmJ v. a. To crush. Overwrought, ô-vur-ratî part . Laboured too much. Overworn, 3-vur-w3rnJ part. Worn out. Over-zealous, 8-vur-zel-us, a.
Stephen Jones, Thomas Sheridan, 1812
10
A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the ...
v. n. to think too highly Overweeningly, b-vilr-wéén'lng-lé. ad. with too high an opinion Overweigh, o-vur-wa'. v. a. to preponderate. - Overweight,6'vdr-wdte.s. preponderance Overwhelm, 6-vur-hwélm'. v. a. to crush Overwrought, 6-vdr-rdwt'.
John Walker, 1824

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERWEIGH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overweigh is used in the context of the following news items.
1
DR, third in the region with highest teen pregnancy rate
Yeah, my ex girlfriend's slightly overweigh. And what's with this looking at my ex's naked pictures, eh.?.. With a "friend".? Were you both getting ... «Dominican Today, Jul 15»
2
Buffalo City Mission receives new grant from John R. Oishei …
A 2012 study revealed poor dietary nutrition was attributed to more than 33 percent of overweigh children and adolescents, while the 2014 ... «Niagara Frontier Publications, Jul 15»
3
Long Term Investing Model Favours Bonds Over Equities
Current investing model favors bonds over equities, therefore, investors should overweigh their portfolios with bonds over stocks for safety. «Investing.com, Jul 15»
4
Iran nuclear deal: Product of uneasy cooperation; Srebrenica …
... assertiveness in the South China Sea must overweigh the benefits of trade and economic cooperation with the world's leader in GDP growth. «Russia Beyond the Headlines, Jul 15»
5
Study: 1 in 4 Top Dogs in Crufts Show Are Overweight
Studying over 1,000 images of dogs from 28 various breeds, the researchers found basset hounds and Labrador retrievers were most likely to ... «KMBZ, Jul 15»
6
Use RTI to rescue harassed whistleblowers
Even if there is any iota of doubt that any of exception under Section 8(1) might apply, the public interest will overweigh such protection as ... «The Hans India, Jul 15»
7
'People Have Right to Know Bureaucratic Machinery Roadblocks'
Even if there is any iota of doubt that any of exception under Section 8(1) might apply, the public interest will overweigh such protection as ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
8
EUR/JPY trims gains, back below 134
The cross shed partial gains, although remains lifted below 134 barrier as broad yen weakness continues to overweigh the losses seen in ... «FXStreet, Jul 15»
9
Researchers Claims Noteworthy Economic and Ecological Benefits …
... than operating petrol-driven cars if they cover 12,000 or lesser miles per year as then the maintenance costs would overweigh cost- efficiency ... «PerfScience, Jul 15»
10
INTERVIEW: 'Parliament cannot unmake the constitution' –Justice …
... high level of responsibility they have come to acquire. All in all, the positive aspects of the lawyers' movement overweigh the negative ones. «Pakistan Today, Jul 15»

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