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    deliberate

    adjective

    verb

    • 1. engage in long and careful consideration: "she deliberated over the menu"

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  2. to think or talk seriously and carefully about something: The jury took five days to deliberate on the case. The committee has deliberated the question at great length. [ + question word ] He's deliberating wh ether or not to accept the new job that he's been offered. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Thinking and contemplating.

  3. Learn the meaning, synonyms, and usage of the word deliberate as a verb and an adjective. See examples of deliberate in sentences and its origin from Latin.

  4. to think or talk seriously and carefully about something: deliberate on The jury took five days to deliberate on the case. The committee has deliberated the question at great length. [ + question word ] He's deliberating wh ether or not to accept the new job that he's been offered. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

  5. formal uk / dɪˈlɪb.ə.reɪt / us / dɪˈlɪb.ə.reɪt /. to think or talk seriously and carefully about something: The jury took five days to deliberate on the case. The committee has deliberated the question at great length.

  6. To deliberate means to carefully think or talk something through — it also means slow and measured, the pace of this kind of careful decision making. If you chose deliberately, you make a very conscious, well-thought-through choice.

  7. to think carefully or attentively; reflect: She deliberated for a long time before giving her decision. Synonyms: ruminate, cogitate. to consult or confer formally: The jury deliberated for three hours. deliberate. adjective. carefully thought out in advance; planned; studied; intentional. a deliberate insult.

  8. The verb is pronounced (dɪlɪbəreɪt ). 1. adjective B1. If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance. It has a deliberate policy to introduce world art to Britain. Witnesses say the firing was deliberate and sustained.