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adjective
- 1. done consciously and intentionally: "a deliberate attempt to provoke conflict" Similar Opposite
- 2. careful and unhurried: "a conscientious and deliberate worker" Similar Opposite
verb
- 1. engage in long and careful consideration: "she deliberated over the menu"
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DELIBERATE definition: 1. (often of something bad) intentional or planned: 2. A deliberate movement, action, or thought…. Learn more.
The meaning of DELIBERATE is to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully. How to use deliberate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Deliberate.
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.
Deliberate definition: carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional. See examples of DELIBERATE used in a sentence.
If you deliberate, you think about something carefully, especially before making a very important decision.
adj. 1. Done with or marked by full consciousness of the nature and effects; intentional: mistook the oversight for a deliberate insult. 2. Arising from or marked by careful consideration: a deliberate decision. See Synonyms at voluntary. 3. Unhurried and careful: moved at a deliberate pace.
Deliberate means done on purpose rather than by accident, or done slowly and carefully. See the pronunciation, synonyms, antonyms and usage notes of deliberate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
Deliberate means decided on as a result of careful thought or made with full awareness of what one is doing. Find out the synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples of deliberate in this Merriam-Webster thesaurus entry.
Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the verb deliberate, which means to consider something very carefully before making a decision. See example sentences, synonyms and related topics from Oxford University Press.
Definitions of 'deliberate'. 1. 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. [...] 2. If a movement or action is deliberate, it is done slowly and carefully. [...]
