measured
- adjective
- /ˈmɛʒərd/
- Specialized
- The musician played a measured tempo throughout the piece.
Examples
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Her piano piece contrasted measured sections with moments of free, expressive tempo.
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Traditional marches are typically written in a measured style to maintain a steady pace.
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The composer preferred a measured approach, ensuring each note followed a strict rhythm.
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Can you hear the measured beats in this song?
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The composer preferred a measured approach, ensuring each note followed a strict rhythm.
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Traditional marches are typically written in a measured style to maintain a steady pace.
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Can you hear the measured beats in this song?
Synonyms
Having a regular pattern of sounds or movements
Has a steady, regular rhythm like a clock
Happening with a steady, regular beat like music or movement
Having a regular pattern of strong and weak beats in each line of a poem
Music with notes that have fixed time values
Music where each note has a fixed length, often older music
Having a regular, rhythmic beat like steady footsteps or chants
Shows a clear, regular rhythm in movement or sound
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A pattern of notes where each note has a set length based on a beat, without regular strong beats
How Regular
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Measured comes from the word measure, which in music names 'a group of beats' or a marked unit. That's why measured music has a steady, regular rhythm.