geared

Meaning of geared

adjective
  1. fitted with gears.
    a geared engine
    a multi-geared cycle
  2. (of a company) having a specified ratio of loan capital (debt) to the value of its ordinary shares (equity).
    highly geared companies
verb, past tense
  1. prepare, adjust, or equip for a particular purpose or need.
    they gear workouts to your specific needs
    the interactive quiz has been geared for those aged 6 to 12 years
    the programme is geared towards families on lower incomes
  2. design or adjust the gears in a machine to give a specified speed or power output.
    the vehicle's geared too high for serious off-road use

Middle English: of Scandinavian origin; compare with Old Norse gervi . Early senses expressed the general meaning ‘equipment or apparatus’, later ‘mechanism’: hence gear (sense 1 of the noun) (early 19th century).

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Hyphenation of geared

geared

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • geared is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Anagrams of geared

agreed

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