measured

Other forms of measured

comparative

measuredder·

superlative

measureddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about measured

What does measured mean?

measured means "having notes of fixed rhythmic value". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in measured?

measured has 2 syllables: measur-ed. The stress falls on "measur". In IPA it is /ˈmɛʒɚd/.

What is another word for measured?

Close synonyms include mensural, mensurable, metrical, metric, deliberate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is measured a common word?

measured is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.