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measured

  • /ˈmɛʒəd/ UK
  • /ˈmɛʒɚd/ US
  • /ˈmeɪʒɚd/ US, regional

adjective more measured · most measured

  1. That has been determined by measurement. He ran over a measured mile.
  2. Deliberate but restrained. He argued in measured tones.
  3. Rhythmically written in meter; metrical. As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's "

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of measure

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