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From Latin deliberatus, past participle of delibero (“I consider, weigh well”), from dē- + *libero, libro (“I weigh”), from *libera, libra (“a balance”); see librate.
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- (verb):
- Hyphenation: de‧lib‧er‧ate
deliberate (comparative more deliberate, superlative most deliberate)
- Done on purpose; intentional.
- Synonyms: purposeful, volitional; see also Thesaurus:intentional
- Antonyms: unintentional, unwitting
Tripping me was a deliberate action.
- Formed with deliberation; carefully considered; not sudden or rash.
- Synonyms: careful, cautious, well-advised; see also Thesaurus:cautious
a deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure or result
- 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.
- Synonyms: circumspect, thoughtful
The jury took eight hours to come to its deliberate verdict.
- Not hasty or sudden; slow.
1803, William Wirt, The Letters of the British Spy:
His enunciation was so deliberate.
intentional
- Belarusian: наўмы́сны (naŭmýsny)
- Bulgarian: уми́шлен (bg) (umíšlen), преднаме́рен (bg) (prednaméren)
- Catalan: deliberat (ca)
- Chinese:
- Czech: úmyslný (cs) m, záměrný (cs) m
- Danish: forsætlig (da), bevidst, overlagt
- Dutch: opzettelijk (nl), opzettelijke (nl), met opzet, voor expres (Flanders)
- Finnish: tarkoituksellinen (fi), tahallinen (fi)
- French: délibéré (fr)
- Galician: deliberado (gl)
- German: absichtlich (de), bewusst (de), vorsätzlich (de)
- Greek: εσκεμμένος (el) (eskemménos)
- Hebrew: מכוון (mekhuvan)
- Hungarian: szándékos (hu)
- Indonesian: sengaja (id)
- Italian: premeditato (it), intenzionale (it), voluto (it)
- Japanese: 故意の (ja) (こいの, koi no), 作為的 (さくいてき, sakuteki)
- Latin: ultrōneus
- Macedonian: на́мерен (námeren), у́мислен (úmislen)
- Maori: whakaānewanewa (this word is a verb), ngaio, mārika (this qualifier is placed after its associated verb)
- Norman: délibéthé
- Norwegian: med vilje
- Polish: celowy (pl), rozmyślny, świadomy (pl), umyślny (pl), zamierzony (pl)
- Portuguese: intencional (pt), proposital (pt), de propósito (pt), deliberado (pt)
- Romanian: deliberat (ro), intenționat (ro), voit (ro)
- Russian: умы́шленный (ru) (umýšlennyj), преднаме́ренный (ru) (prednamérennyj), наме́ренный (ru) (namérennyj)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: zámerný, úmyselný
- Slovene: nameren
- Spanish: deliberado (es), a propósito (es)
- Swedish: avsiktlig (sv), medveten (sv)
- Tagalog: sadya, intensiyonal
- Ukrainian: навми́сний (navmýsnyj), уми́сний (umýsnyj)
of a person, carefully considering the probable consequences of a step
- Chinese:
- Czech: rozvážný m, váhavý m
- Danish: velovervejet, gennemtænkt
- Finnish: harkitseva (fi)
- German: wohlerwogen, wohlüberlegt (de)
- Hungarian: megfontolt (hu), körültekintő (hu)
- Japanese: 慎重 (ja) (しんちょう, shinchō)
- Macedonian: ра́судлив (rásudliv)
- Maori: hakune
- Norwegian: overveid
- Polish: niespieszny, nieśpieszny, przemyślany (pl), rozważny (pl)
- Portuguese: deliberado (pt)
- Russian: осмотри́тельный (ru) (osmotrítelʹnyj), рассуди́тельный (ru) (rassudítelʹnyj), осторо́жный (ru) (ostoróžnyj)
carefully considered
- Bulgarian: обми́слен (bg) (obmíslen)
- Czech: promyšlený (cs) m
- Danish: velovervejet, gennemtænkt
- Dutch: doordacht (nl), doordachte (nl), weloverwogen (nl)
- Finnish: harkittu (fi)
- French: concerté (fr)
- German: wohlerwogen, wohlüberlegt (de), überlegt (de)
- Hungarian: megfontolt (hu), átgondolt (hu), körültekintő (hu)
- Japanese: 思慮深い (しりょぶかい, shiryobukai)
- Macedonian: о́бмислен (óbmislen), за́мислен (zámislen)
- Maori: hakune, ngaio
- Norwegian: veloverveid
- Polish: przemyślany (pl)
- Portuguese: deliberado (pt)
- Russian: обду́манный (ru) (obdúmannyj), осо́знанный (ru) (osóznannyj), взве́шенный (ru) (vzvéšennyj)
- Spanish: prudente (es)
not hasty or sudden
- Bulgarian: обми́слен (bg) (obmíslen)
- Czech: neuspěchaný m, rozvážný m
- Danish: langsom (da), sindig, rolig (da)
- Finnish: verkkainen (fi), harkittu (fi)
- French: délibéré (fr)
- German: bedacht (de), bedachtsam (de), vorsichtig (de)
- Japanese: 慎重 (ja) (しんちょう, shinchō)
- Maori: mauritau
- Norman: délibéthé
- Polish: niespieszny, nieśpieszny
- Portuguese: calculado (pt)
- Russian: неспе́шный (ru) (nespéšnyj), разме́ренный (ru) (razmérennyj), осо́знанный (ru) (osóznannyj)
deliberate (third-person singular simple present deliberates, present participle deliberating, simple past and past participle deliberated)
- (transitive) To consider carefully; to weigh well in the mind.
It is now time for the jury to deliberate the guilt of the defendant.
- (intransitive) To consider the reasons for and against anything; to reflect.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ponder
consider carefully
- Arabic: اِئْتَمَرَ (ar) (iʔtamara)
- Bulgarian: обмислям (bg) (obmisljam)
- Czech: zvažovat (cs)
- Danish: overveje
- Dutch: beraadslagen (nl), overwegen (nl), doordenken (nl)
- Finnish: harkita (fi), puntaroida (fi), pohtia (fi)
- French: délibérer (fr)
- Galician: deliberar (gl)
- German: erwägen (de), beraten (de), abwägen (de), überlegen (de)
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽 (mitōn)
- Hungarian: megfontol (hu)
- Japanese: 熟慮する (jukuryosuru)
- Latin: dēlīberō
- Lithuanian: svarstyti, apsvarstyti, pasverti
- Maori: whakaraupeka, whakaraupeka, whakarau kakai, ngārehu, ngārahu, kohuki
- Norwegian:
- Portuguese: deliberar (pt)
- Romanian: delibera (ro), consfătui (ro)
- Russian: обду́мывать (ru) (obdúmyvatʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: meòraich
- Spanish: deliberar (es)
- Swedish: överlägga (sv), rådslå (sv)
- “deliberate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “deliberate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “deliberate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
deliberate
dēlīberāte
- deliberate in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
deliberate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of deliberar combined with te