measured

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˈmɛʒəd/

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• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈmɛʒɚd/
• (regional US)IPA^(key):/ˈmeɪʒɚd/
• Hyphenation:meas‧ured

Adjective

measured(comparativemoremeasured,superlativemostmeasured)

1. That has beendeterminedbymeasurement.

   He ran over ameasuredmile.

   • 1892,Walter Besant,“Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, inThe Ivory Gate[…],New York, N.Y.:Harper & Brothers,[…],→OCLC,page16:

     Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four goodmeasuredmiles from Lincoln's Inn.

2. Deliberatebutrestrained.

   He argued inmeasuredtones.

   • 1850,[Alfred, Lord Tennyson],In Memoriam,London:Edward Moxon,[…],→OCLC,Canto V:

     But, for the unquiet heart and brain,
     ⁠A use inmeasuredlanguage lies;
     ⁠The sad mechanic exercise,
     Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.

   • 1989,Dolores Cannon, chapter 1, inConversations with Nostradamus,page 8:

     This procedure was very tedious for me. Although she was definitely in a somnambulistic state, her answers were coming very slowly with carefullymeasuredcaution.

3. (of poetry etc.)Rhythmicallywritten inmeter;metrical.

Hyponyms

• satellite-measured

Derived terms

• measured drop
• measured mile

Translations

deliberate but restrained

• Bulgarian:обмислен(bg)(obmislen),премерен(bg)(premeren)
• Dutch:afgemeten(nl)
• German:gemessen(de),bedächtig(de)
• Greek:

  Ancient:μέτριος(métrios)

• Hungarian:kimért(hu),megfontolt(hu)

Verb

measured

1. simplepastandpastparticipleofmeasure

Anagrams

• Madurese,emerauds,made sure