Meanings
verbweigh up (third-person singular simple present weighs up, present participle weighing up, simple past and past participle weighed up)
present singular third person weighs up · participle present weighing up · participle past weighed up · past weighed up
- idiomatictransitiveTo assess a person or a situation.
She looked at him carefully, trying to weigh him up. Was he really telling the truth?
Translations
Dutch inschatten, peilen
- inschattenassess a situation
- peilenassess a situation
Japanese 評価する
- 評価する (hyōka suru)assess a situation
Māori whakaraupeka
- whakaraupekaassess a situation
Polish rozważać, rozważyć
- rozważaćassess a situation
- rozważyćassess a situation
- oceniaćassess a situation
- ocenićassess a situation
- szacowaćassess a situation
- oszacowaćassess a situation
- wyszacowaćassess a situation
Spanish sopesar, sompesar
- sopesarassess a situation
- sompesarassess a situation
Cite this entry
APA
weigh up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weigh%20up
MLA
“weigh up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weigh%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weigh up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weigh%20up.
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