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phased

SayFAYZD/feɪzd/

2 meanings of phased

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  1. 1
    adjective
    Done in separate stages, one after another, instead of all at once.

    Like climbing stairs one step at a time instead of jumping to the top.

    The company used a phased plan to move all its offices to solar power.

    A phased rollout let the team fix small problems before the full launch.

    Similarstaged, gradual, incremental, stepwise

    Oppositeabrupt, sudden, immediate

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  2. 2
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of phase. Use this form for bringing something in or out in steps that already happened.

    The school phased out paper forms over two years.

    They phased in the new rules slowly so workers could adjust.

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phased is a form of phase

phase, verb: To start or stop doing something slowly, a little at a time. Full entry

Forms
phasephases he/she/itphasing -ing formphased past tense, past participle
Spelling
phase → phased: add -d
Sound
The ending sounds like /d/.

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