outweigh
/ˌaʊtˈweɪ/ verb B1- To exceed in weight or mass.
- To exceed in importance or value.
He/she/it outweighs · Past outweighed · Past participle outweighed · -ing form outweighing
Verb forms
- Base form
- outweigh
- He/she/it
- outweighs
- Past
- outweighed
- Past participle
- outweighed
- -ing form
- outweighing
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Dantès held down his head, that the other might not see how joy at the thought of having a companion outweighed the sympathy he felt for the failure of the abbé’s plans.
Ultimately, the survival of the modern zoo hinges upon its capacity to unequivocally demonstrate that the benefits of captivity genuinely outweigh the profound sacrifices exacted from its inhabitants.
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