measured

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈmɛʒɚd/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈmɛʒəd/

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• Hyphenation: meas‧ured

Verb

Plain form measure

Third-person singular measures

Past tense measured

Past participle measured

Present participle measuring

1. The past tense and past participle of measure.

   I measured the length 3 times and I think I still did it wrong.

Adjective

Positive measured

Comparative more measured

Superlative most measured

1. If something is measured, it has been determined by measurement.

   He ran over a measured mile.

2. Something that is measured is deliberate but restrained.

   He argued in measured tones.

3. (of poetry etc) Rhythmically written in meter; metrical.