guarded

English

Pronunciation

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

guarded

simple past tense and past participle of guard

Adjective

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

Derived terms

guarded rights

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)

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