Deliberate

/dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət/ · adjective

Meaning

Done on purpose; intentional..

Definitions by Sense

1. Done on purpose; intentional.
2. Formed with deliberation; carefully considered; not sudden or rash.
3. 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.
4. Not hasty or sudden; slow.
5. (transitive) To consider carefully; to weigh well in the mind.
6. (intransitive) To consider the reasons for and against anything; to reflect.

Example Sentences

a deliberate attempt to cover up his crime

The massacre of up to 8,000 Bosnian Muslims at Srebrenica in 1995 was an act of genocide in a deliberate attempt by the Bosnian Serb leadership to exterminate part of the Muslim community, appeal judges ruled in a crucial case at the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague yesterday.

a deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure or result

settled visage and deliberate word

The jury took eight hours to come to its deliberate verdict.

His enunciation was so deliberate.

It is now time for the jury to deliberate the guilt of the defendant.

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Word Forms

• more deliberate
• most deliberate
• deliberates
• deliberating
• deliberated

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