weighted
/ˈweɪt.ɪd//ˈweɪ.tɪd/
verb
- 1
To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
- 2
To load, burden or oppress someone.
- 3
To assign weights to individual statistics.
- 4
To bias something; to slant.
- 5
To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
- 6
To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.
adjective
- 1
Having weights on it.
“She wore a weighted dress so it wouldn't blow in the wind.”
- 2
Biased, so as to favour one party.
“The competition was weighted so he'd be the clear favourite to win.”
- 3
(of a graph) having values assigned to its edges
- 4
With the components of an average multiplied by particular factors so as to take account of their relative importance.
- 5
Containing a large proportion (of something).
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