reweight

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verb

To replace or adjust weights that are attached to something.

OriginEnglish weight ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbreweight (third-person singular simple present reweights, present participle reweighting, simple past and past participle reweighted)

present singular third person reweights · participle present reweighting · participle past reweighted · past reweighted

  1. To replace or adjust weights that are attached to something.
  2. mathematicsTo adjust the weighting given to a value.
  3. hobbiesTo adjust or reassign the handicap weight.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishweight
  7. Englishreweight

From re- + weight.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

weighter
Cite this entry
APA

reweight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reweight

MLA

“reweight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reweight. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reweight,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reweight.

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