weighted

/ˈweɪt.ɪd//ˈweɪ.tɪd/

verb

  1. 1

    To add weight to something; to make something heavier.

  2. 2

    To load, burden or oppress someone.

  3. 3

    To assign weights to individual statistics.

  4. 4

    To bias something; to slant.

  5. 5

    To handicap a horse with a specified weight.

  6. 6

    To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.

adjective

  1. 1

    Having weights on it.

    She wore a weighted dress so it wouldn't blow in the wind.
  2. 2

    Biased, so as to favour one party.

    The competition was weighted so he'd be the clear favourite to win.
  3. 3

    (of a graph) having values assigned to its edges

  4. 4

    With the components of an average multiplied by particular factors so as to take account of their relative importance.

  5. 5

    Containing a large proportion (of something).

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