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deliberate

verb

1 deliberate

Think about carefully; weigh.

synonyms: consider, debate, moot, turn over.

Roget 451: think, reflect, cogitate, excogitate, consider, deliberate; bestow thought upon, bestow consideration upon; speculate, contemplate, meditate, ponder, muse, ... show more

Roget 695: advise, counsel; give advice, give counsel, give a piece of advice [Fr.]; suggest, prompt, submonish, recommend, prescribe, advocate; exhort etc. (persuade) ... show more

Dutch: in acht nemen, overwegen

2 deliberate

Discuss the pros and cons of an issue.

synonym: debate.

Dutch: beraadslagen, confereren, delibereren

adjective

1 deliberate

Carefully thought out in advance:
— He made a deliberate decision not to respond negatively.

synonyms: calculated, measured.

Roget 685: leisure, leisurely; slow etc. 275; deliberate, quiet, calm, undisturbed; at leisure, at one's ease, at loose ends, at a loose end.   

Roget 275: slow, slack; tardy; dilatory etc. (inactive) 683; gentle, easy; leisurely; deliberate, gradual; insensible, imperceptible; ... show more

2 deliberate

Unhurried and with care and dignity:
— With all deliberate speed.

synonyms: careful, measured.

3 deliberate

Characterized by conscious design or purpose:
— A deliberate attempt to provoke a response.

synonyms: intentional, knowing.

Polish: intencjonalny


Moby thesaurus: advise with, advised, aforethought, aimed, aimed at, air, ambling, analyze, back down, balance, bargain, be abstracted, brood, brood over, calculated, call in, calm, canny, canvass, careful ... show more.

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