Meaning of give weight | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To attach importance to.
   idiomatic
2. To improve the credibility or legitimacy of.
   idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“… merely observing that if you were to give⟳ weight to such an objection, there is not a panel who would not be entitled to the same benefit …”

“Mr. Bailey: Well, I man, that's the opinion of an adversary, if it's a sincere opinion, which I question⟳. I wouldn't give⟳ it much weight.”

“There certainly are some cases in which a person's failure to give⟳ weight to his or her future interests is irrational.”

“Requiring concrete suggestions or motivations beyond those actually needed by a person of ordinary skill in the art, and failing to give⟳ weight to suggestions implicit from the prior art as a whole [...] errs on the side of issuing patents to obvious inventions [...]"”

“What were these 250 men to come⟳ for? – I imagined it was to give⟳ weight to the petition.”

“The next question⟳ is, we are told that this sham Estimate⟳ – for there is no intention of making it a real Estimate⟳ – is to give⟳ weight to this country in the approaching Conference.”

“We soldiers don’t hate⟳ one another when the war is over, and maybe the fact that I’ve fought through it will give⟳ weight to my words.”

“He started the Jerusalem Foundation to raise⟳ money for the city, seeking to give⟳ it cultural weight to match⟳ it's historical importance. The Israel Museum and the Biblical Zoo were among his pet projects.”

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