considerate
See also: considérate
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kənˈsɪdəɹət/
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Adjective
considerate (comparative more considerate, superlative most considerate)
- 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.
- Characterised by careful and conscious thought.
- Synonym: deliberate
Antonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
thoughtful
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deliberate
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Verb
considerate (third-person singular simple present considerates, present participle considerating, simple past and past participle considerated)
- (rare) Synonym of consider.
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Interlingua
Participle
considerate
- past participle of considerar
Italian
Adjective
considerate
- feminine plural of considerato
Verb
considerate
- inflection of considerare:
- second-person plural present
- second-person plural imperative
- feminine plural past participle
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
From cōnsīderātus + -ē.
Adverb
cōnsīderātē (comparative cōnsīderātius, superlative cōnsīderātissimē)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
cōnsīderāte
- 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)
- (ambiguous) to act reasonably, judiciously: prudenter, considerate, consilio agere (opp. temere, nullo consilio, nulla ratione)
Spanish
Verb
considerate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of considerar combined with te