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(mĕzh'ərd) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Determined by measurement: The measured distance was less than a mile.
  2. Careful; restrained: spoke in measured words.
  3. Calculated; deliberate: with measured irony.
  4. Regular in rhythm and number: "A clock struck slowly in the house with a measured, solemn chime" (Thomas Wolfe).
  5. Slow and stately.
  6. Written in meter.
  7. Music. Mensural.
measuredly meas'ured·ly adv.
measuredness meas'ured·ness n.

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adjective

  1. Careful and slow in acting, moving, or deciding: deliberate, leisurely, unhurried. See fast/slow/velocity.
  2. Marked by a regular rhythm: cadenced, metrical, rhythmic, rhythmical. See repetition.


adj

Definition: guarded
Antonyms: careless, thoughtless

adj

Definition: regular
Antonyms: erratic

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IN BRIEF: To have found out the size, extent or amount of. Also: Deliberate.

pronunciation Happiness is not always measured in smiles. — Unknown

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - afmålt, opmålt, regelmæssig

Nederlands (Dutch)
regelmatig, nauwkeurig, afgemeten, betreffende meter/meting, overdacht

Français (French)
adj. - mesuré, circonspect

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gleichmäßig, gemessen, bedacht

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μετρημένος, συγκρατημένος

Italiano (Italian)
misurato, esatto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - medido, uniforme, deliberado

Русский (Russian)
измеренный, обдуманный, ритмичный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - medido, moderado, prudente, acompasado, comedido

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - (upp)mätt, avpassad, taktfast, genomtänkt, rytmisk

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
量过的, 基于标准的, 慎重的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 量過的, 基於標準的, 慎重的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 치수를 잰, 숙고한, 정확한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 正確に測った, 慎重な, 熟慮した, 韻律の合った, 律動的な, 規則正しい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مقاس, , مدروس, , موزون‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מדוד, זהיר, שקול, קצוב‬


 
 
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