deliberate
adjEtymology
Inherited from Middle English deliberat(e), borrowed from Latin dēlīberātus, perfect passive participle of dēlīberō (“to consider, weigh well”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + *līberō / lībrō (“to weigh”)), from *libera / libra (“a balance”); see librate. Doublet of deliber.
- borrowed from dēlīberātus
- inherited from deliberat
Definitions
Done on purpose
Done on purpose; intentional.
- a deliberate attempt to cover up his crime
Formed with deliberation
Formed with deliberation; carefully considered; not sudden or rash.
- a deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure or result
- settled visage and deliberate word
Of a person, weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision
Of a person, weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; slow in determining.
- The jury took eight hours to come to its deliberate verdict.
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Not hasty or sudden
Not hasty or sudden; slow.
- His enunciation was so deliberate.
To consider carefully
To consider carefully; to weigh well in the mind.
- It is now time for the jury to deliberate the guilt of the defendant.
To consider the reasons for and against anything
To consider the reasons for and against anything; to reflect.
The neighborhood
- synonymSynonyms: see Thesaurus:ponder
- neighbordeliberation
- neighbordeliberative
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at deliberate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at deliberate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at deliberate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA