guarded

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑɹdɪd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːdɪd/

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Verb

guarded

1. simple past tense and past participle of guard

Adjective

guarded (comparative more guarded, superlative most guarded)

1. Cautious; restrained.
2. Watched over; supervised.
3. (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

cautious

• Bulgarian: предпазлив (bg) (predpazliv)
• French: circonspect (fr)
• Maori: hihira
• Portuguese: circunspecto (pt)
• Spanish: circunspecto (es), reservado (es)

watched over; supervised

• Bulgarian: защитен (bg) (zaštiten), запазен (bg) (zapazen)
• Sanskrit: गुप्त (sa) (gupta)

not favourable

• Portuguese: reservado (pt)
• Spanish: reservado (es)