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weight·ed  (wtd)
adj.
1. Made heavy or heavier by the addition of something: a weighted base.
2. Statistics Adjusted to reflect value or proportion: a weighted average.
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Adj.1.weighted - made heavy or weighted down with wearinessweighted - made heavy or weighted down with weariness; "his leaden arms"; "weighted eyelids"
heavy - marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids"
2.weighted - adjusted to reflect value or proportion; "votes weighted according to the size of constituencies"; "a law weighted in favor of landlords"; "a weighted average"
adjusted - altered to accommodate to certain requirements or bring into a proper relation; "an adjusted insurance claim"; "the car runs more smoothly with the timing adjusted"
Translations
weighted [weɪtɪd] ADJ [clothing, object] → con peso
weighted averagemedia f ponderada
weighted indexíndice m compensado
to be weighted in favour of sbfavorecer a algn
to be weighted against sbperjudicar a algn
weighted [ˈweɪtɪd] adj (= biased) → biaisé(e)
to be weighted in favour of sth/sb → être biaisé(e) en faveur de qch/qn
to be heavily weighted in favour of sth/sb → être fortement biaisé(e) en faveur de qch/qn
The current electoral law is still heavily weighted in favour of the ruling party → L'actuel système électoral est toujours fortement biaisé en faveur du parti au pouvoir.
to be weighted against sth/sb → être biaisé en défaveur de qch/qn
weighted
adj (Econ) → gewogen, gewichtet
weighted [ˈweɪtɪd] adj to be weighted in favour of/againstessere nettamente a favore di/contro


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One carried panniers filled with money, the other sacks weighted with grain.
--Filled and weighted by thy happiness, waiting from superabundance, and yet ashamed of thy waiting.
Instead, he called in the detectives, and, under their advice, weighted the pigeon heavily with shot.
 
 
 
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