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phased

/feɪzd/

phased is the simple past and past participle of phase.

phased is the misspelling of fazed.

Meaning of phase

Verb

phase (third-person singular simple present phases, present participle phasing, simple past and past participle phased)

  1. To begin—if construed with "in"—or to discontinue—if construed with out—(doing) something over a period of time (i.e. in phases).
    • The use of the obsolete machines was gradually phased out as the new models were phased in.
  2. (informal, transitive) To determine haplotypes in (data) when genotypes are known.
  3. To pass into or through a solid object.
    • Anyone who has lost their way in cyberspace—realizing they have just phased into what they had previously categorized as 'solid' matter—will understand this example.1997, P. Lunenfeld, “Hybrid Architectures and the Paradox of Unfolding”, in Intelligent Environments: Spatial Aspects of the Information Revolution, →ISBN, page 443
  4. To use a phaser.

See all 17 meanings of phase

Meaning of fazed

Adjective

fazed (comparative more fazed, superlative most fazed)

  1. Hesitant, frightened; daunted, disconcerted; perturbed, put off.
    • How can you wake up with someone you don't love
      And not feel slightly fazed by it?2006, “Leave Before the Lights Come On”, performed by Arctic Monkeys

Adjective

phased (not comparable)

  1. Organized or structured chronologically in phases
    • The government are planning a phased introduction of the reforms.

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Phrases with phased

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Questions about phased

What does phased mean?
Phased means organized or structured chronologically in phases.
What is phased the simple past and past participle of?
Phased is the simple past and past participle of phase.
What part of speech is phased?
Phased is an adjective.
How do you pronounce phased?
Phased is pronounced /feɪzd/.

Words near phased in the dictionary

  1. phase-transfer catalyst
  2. phase-transfer catalysts
  3. phaseable
  4. phaseal
  5. phasecal
  6. phased
  7. phased down
  8. phased in
  9. phased out
  10. phasedown
  11. phasedowns

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phased (page history and authors); phase (page history and authors); fazed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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