premeasured

3.8

Prepared in a fixed amount before you use it

adjective
/ˌpriːˈmɛʒərd/

: pre-medido

The chef found it easier to prepare dishes with the premeasured ingredients provided in the kit.

Examples

For convenience, the recipe included premeasured spices to ensure the right balance of flavors.
The convenient part is that all ingredients come premeasured in labeled meal kits.
The electrode, mounted on a 26-gauge needle, was then inserted through the remaining sheath to the premeasured location of the identified motor point.

Academic text (2001)
Each participant received a premeasured packet of fertilizer to use in their gardening project.

Antonyms

unmeasured

1 6.4

Something that has no clear limit

How Precise

exact

901 3.2

premeasured

3.8

measured

4.1

approximate

29 3.9

Surface Forms

premeasured positive

Morphology

premeasured = measured (transparent) = pre + measure + ed

The prefix 'pre-' straightforwardly adds the meaning 'in advance' to 'measured'.

Etymology

Premeasured comes from the parts pre- meaning 'before' and measure meaning 'to find an amount'. So something premeasured has been measured 'before' you use it, like a packet or a measuring cup that gives the right amount ready to go.