weighted

adjective

weight·​ed ˈwā-təd How to pronounce weighted (audio)
1
: made heavy : loaded
weighted silk
2
a
: having a statistical weight attached
a weighted test score
b
: compiled or calculated from weighted data
a weighted mean
3

Examples of weighted in a Sentence

The head of the golf club was weighted.
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At the moment, the Heat has the 10th worst record; if the Heat misses the playoffs, its draft position would be determined by the weighted lottery. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025 Bolster burn barrel safety: If burning is authorized in your vicinity, ensure that all burn barrels feature a weighted metal cover with holes no larger than 3/4 of an inch. Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2025 But the Metascore on IMDb—a score from review aggregator Metacritic that is based on a weighted average of critics’ reviews of a film—echoes the user reviews for this story category. Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2025 The weighted price would come out to around $6.7 billion. Dan Primack, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for weighted

Word History

First Known Use

1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of weighted was in 1597

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“Weighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weighted. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.

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