DELIBERATE definition: carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional. See examples of deliberate used in a sentence.
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.
DELIBERATE definition: 1. (often of something bad) intentional or planned: 2. A deliberate movement, action, or thought…. Learn more.
Definition of deliberate adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define deliberate. deliberate synonyms, deliberate pronunciation, deliberate translation, English dictionary definition of deliberate. 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...
de lib er ate ( di lib′ ər it; di lib′ ə rāt′), adj., v., -at ed, -at ing. adj. carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie. characterized by deliberation; careful or slow in deciding: a deliberate decision. leisurely and steady in movement or action; slow and even; unhurried: a deliberate step. v.t. to weigh in the mind; consider: to deliberate a ...
deliberate (third-person singular simple present deliberates, present participle deliberating, simple past and past participle deliberated) (transitive) To consider carefully; to weigh well in the mind.
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.
1 deliberate /dɪ ˈ lɪbərət/ adjective Britannica Dictionary definition of DELIBERATE [more deliberate; most deliberate] 1 : done or said in a way that is planned or intended : done or said on purpose