jailed

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- /dʒeɪl/
- /dʒeɪl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /dʒeɪl/

Definition of jailed word

noun jailed Simple past tense and past participle of jail. 1

Just one definition for jailed

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Parts of speech for Jailed

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Jailed

jailed popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for jailed

adjective jailed

arrested — to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar.
incarcerated — to imprison; confine.
captive — A captive person or animal is being kept imprisoned or enclosed.
under arrest — to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar.

verb jailed

under lock and key — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
behind bars — If you say that someone is behind bars, you mean that they are in prison.

All 6 Synonyms of jailed

Antonyms for jailed

verb jailed

freed — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
released — to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go: to release a prisoner; to release someone from a debt.

All 3 Antonyms of jailed

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