To be more important or significant than something else; to surpass in importance, value, or weight.
Compound of 'out-' and 'weigh,' originally literal (weighing more) but evolved metaphorically to describe relative importance.
We use 'outweighs' for both literal scales and abstract choices—'benefits outweigh risks'—showing how physical metaphors become our tools for thinking about non-physical problems like ethics and decision-making.
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