measured
Pronunciation
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Third-person singular |
Past tense |
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- 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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Superlative |
- If something is measured, it has been determined by measurement.
- He ran over a measured mile.
- Something that is measured is deliberate but restrained.
- He argued in measured tones.
- (of poetry etc) Rhythmically written in meter; metrical.