Measured definition

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Careful; restrained.

Spoke in measured words.

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Determined, ascertained, or proportioned by a standard.
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Determined by measurement.

The measured distance was less than a mile.

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Calculated; deliberate.

With measured irony.

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Regular in rhythm and number.
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Slow and stately.
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Written in meter.
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(music) Mensural.
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Calculated, restrained, and deliberate; careful and guarded.
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Regular, steady, or uniform.
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Steady, slow, and deliberate.

To walk with a measured tread.

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Rhythmic.
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Metrical.
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That has been determined by measurement.

He ran over a measured mile.

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He argued in measured tones.

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(of poetry etc) Rhythmically written in meter; metrical.
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Simple past tense and past participle of measure.
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Measured Sentence Examples

  • You're supposed to go down to be measured in the morning.

  • I must tell you, mon cher," he continued in the sad and measured tones of a man who intends to tell a long story, "that our name is one of the most ancient in France."

  • Pierre was taken back to his place, and the rows of troops on both sides of the post made a half turn and went past it at a measured pace.

  • She said in a measured tone.

  • All kinds of energy are ultimately measured in terms of work.

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