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“Ways” or “Weighs”

ways / weighs are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

ways w·EY·z

  • nounstructure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired.

weighs w·EY·z

  • verbhave a certain weight.
  • verbdetermine the weight of.
  • verbto be oppressive or burdensome; ,.
Usage

Examples in context

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“ways”

  • …their respective careers, particularly the ways in which photographing personal lives…
  • In many ways he incorporates the practise of…
  • …primal therapy has in some ways returned to Freud's early ideas…
  • …and his co-authors proposed alternative ways to explain the calcified secretory
  • …end became supported in two ways.
  • …main north-south and east-west processional ways of the hall, giving the…
  • There are a number of ways parents can control their children’s…
  • …to a medical society the ways cocaine could be used in…
  • …were patriarchal, but women found ways to exercise power as royalty…
  • …New York City public school ways to combat racial discrimination, and…

“weighs”

  • …and its supporting tower structure weighs 2.5 million pounds.
  • …carbon fibre electric bicycle that weighs less than 35 lbs.
  • Each iPad, which weighs less than , will replace…
  • …a ship's rudder and probably weighs about seven tonnes.
  • …"base tariff") or the letter weighs at least 12.5 ounces.
  • …is 1.90 m tall and weighs 80 kg.
  • …a 155mm gun, the assembly weighs 250 tons and was installed…
  • …is 72 km/h, and it weighs 47 tonnes.
  • The male weighs 290 grams and the female…
  • …is five layers thick and weighs about 650 kg (1,433 lb)…

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