# About Query term boosting

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-query-term-boosting/150982>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 4, 2018, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-query-term-boosting/150982 "2018-10-04T07:17:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Erin\_rihyun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/50afbb/32.png) [@Erin\_rihyun](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Erin_rihyun)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-query-term-boosting/150982/1 "2018-10-04T07:17:52Z")

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Hi. I want to know about Term boosting of Query String query.

If I write query like this (sample query)  
Sample query : "elastic^5 OR search OR elasticsearch^6"

query has term boosting with "^" symbol.  
and that means a "elasticsearch" is more important then "elastic" and "search".

I wonder that weight mean and How they applyed to query.  
and If they have a formula that calculate boost weight with term, announce for me plz.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-query-term-boosting/150982/2 "2018-11-01T07:17:54Z")

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