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⚖️ To weigh again 🤔 To reconsider
to reweigh

to reweigh

3.3
To measure how heavy something is again
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈweɪ/
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  • After baking, I decided to reweigh the flour to ensure I had the right amount for my recipe.

Examples

  • Subsequently, the residues from the screens were dried for 12 hours at 105°C and reweighed.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Before sending my package, I needed to reweigh it to confirm if the shipping costs changed.

  • The lab technician will reweigh the sample to verify the initial measurements were accurate.

Synonyms

to heft
vsto reweigh
7 7.2

To lift something to judge how heavy it is

measures weight precisely for confirmation rather than estimating by lifting
to remeasure
vsto reweigh
1 3.5

To check again how big or how much something is

is only used to check weight rather than size or amount

How Checked

to verify
251 3.5
to reweigh
3.3
to weigh
432 1.0
to estimate
765 2.8

Surface Forms

reweigh infinitive
reweighing present participle
reweighs third person singular
reweighed past
reweighed past participle

Morphology

reweigh = weigh (transparent) = re + weigh

This is a standard and fully compositional use of 're-' meaning 'again' added to 'weigh'.

Etymology

Reweigh comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the verb weigh meaning 'to measure weight'. So reweigh literally means 'weigh again', like checking luggage or a sample on a scale to be sure of its weight.