deliberate
Definitions
adjective
- carefully thought out in advance; planned; studied; intentional ⇒
a deliberate insult
- careful or unhurried in speech or action ⇒
a deliberate pace
verb
- to consider (something) deeply; ponder; think over
Alternative Forms
deˈliberately adverb deˈliberateness noun deˈliberˌator nounWord Origin
C15: from Latin dēlīberāre to consider well, from lībrāre to weigh, from lībra scalesSynonyms
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intentional,
meant,
planned,
considered,
studied,
designed,
intended,
conscious,
calculated,
thoughtful,
wilful,
purposeful,
premeditated,
prearranged,
done on purpose
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careful,
measured,
slow,
cautious,
wary,
thoughtful,
prudent,
circumspect,
methodical,
unhurried,
heedful,
Translations
- British English:
deliberate
If something that you do is deliberate, you intended to do it.I have no doubt that it was a deliberate attack.dɪˈlɪbərɪt ADJECTIVE I have no doubt that it was a deliberate attack. - Spanish:
intencionado
adj intencionada
- French:
délibéré
adj
- German:
absichtlich
adj
- Chinese: 故意的 adj
- Arabic: مُتَعَمَّد adj
- Portuguese: intencional adj
- Russian: намеренный adj намеренная
- Croatian: promišljen adj promišljena
- Czech: úmyslný adj
- Danish: forsætlig adj
- Dutch: doelbewust adj
- Finnish: tahallinen adj
- Greek: εσκεμμένος adj εσκεμμένη
- Italian: intenzionale adj
- Japanese: 故意の no_posp
- Korean: 고의적인 adj
- Norwegian: bevisst adj
- Polish: rozmyślny adj rozmyślna
- Brazilian Portuguese: proposital adj
- European Spanish:
intencionado
adj intencionada
- Swedish: avsiktlig adj avsiktligt
- Thai: ซึ่งทำอย่างรอบคอบ adj
- Turkish: kasıtlı adj
- Vietnamese: cố tình adj
Usage examples
Alternatively, it just could have been deliberate obstruction calculated to hamper my investigation.
, Riot (1986)This is a deliberate signal that the government has changed tack from bashing doctors to backing them.
British Medical Journal (2002)But the deliberate escalation clearly hasn't worked to Mr Sharon's advantage.
Irish Times (2002)These include elements of landscape, of emotional abandonment, of lost innocence, and of deliberate scariness.
Glasgow Herald (2001)I decided that such silence must have been a deliberate authorial decision.
, MORTIFICATION: Writers' Stories of their Public Shame (2003)