guarded
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑɹdɪd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːdɪd/
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Verb[edit]
guarded
- simple past tense and past participle of guard
Adjective[edit]
guarded (comparative more guarded, superlative most guarded)
- Cautious; restrained.
- Watched over; supervised.
- (medicine, often euphemistic) When the practitioner formulating the opinion does not have enough information to know, or to foretell, what the outcome may be.
- guarded prognosis
Translations[edit]
cautious
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watched over; supervised