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measured

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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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.