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measured

  • adjective
  • meas·ured
  • /ˈmɛʒəd/

That has been determined by measurement.

Example

“He ran over a measured mile.”

Other meanings

  1. Deliberate but restrained.

    “He argued in measured tones.”

  2. Rhythmically written in meter; metrical.

Related words

  • immeasured
  • measuredly
  • measuredness
  • nonmeasured
  • premeasured
  • unmeasured
  • measured drop
  • measured mile

Example sentences

  • “His words are measured.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “measured” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.