considerate

See also: considérate

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kənˈsɪdəɹət/
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Adjective

considerate (comparative more considerate, superlative most considerate)

  1. Consciously thoughtful and observant (often of other people and their rights, needs, feelings and comfort).
    Synonym: caring
    It was very considerate of you to give up your place for your friend.
  2. Characterised by careful and conscious thought.
    Synonym: deliberate

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Verb

considerate (third-person singular simple present considerates, present participle considerating, simple past and past participle considerated)

  1. (rare) Synonym of consider.

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Interlingua

Participle

considerate

  1. past participle of considerar

Italian

Adjective

considerate

  1. feminine plural of considerato

Verb

considerate

  1. inflection of considerare:
    1. second-person plural present
    2. second-person plural imperative
    3. feminine plural past participle

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Latin

Etymology 1

From cōnsīderātus +‎ .

Adverb

cōnsīderātē (comparative cōnsīderātius, superlative cōnsīderātissimē)

  1. considerately, carefully, cautiously

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cōnsīderāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of cōnsīderō

References

  • considerate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • considerate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • considerate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to act reasonably, judiciously: prudenter, considerate, consilio agere (opp. temere, nullo consilio, nulla ratione)

Spanish

Verb

considerate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of considerar combined with te