how to pronounce poised

/ˈpɔɪzd/

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poised is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of poised in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… smart person very poised and obviously …”

meanings of poised

adjective:

Ready, prepared.
Possessing poise, having self-confidence.
Balanced, in position, equilibrium.

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of poise.

poised frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word poised occurs in english on average 3.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics poised can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that poised can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;