Definitions for deliberate

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deliberate de·lib·er·ate

Spelling: [adjective dih-lib-er-it; verb dih-lib-

IPA: /adjective dɪˈlɪb ər ɪt; verb dɪˈlɪb əˌreɪt/

Deliberate is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 592 anagrams from letters in deliberate (abdeeeilrt).

Definitions for deliberate

adjective

1. carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional:
2. characterized by deliberation or cautious consideration; careful or slow in deciding:
3. leisurely and steady in movement or action; slow and even; unhurried:

verb (used with object)

1. to weigh in the mind; consider:

verb (used without object)

1. to think carefully or attentively; reflect:
2. to consult or confer formally:

Origin of deliberate

1350-1400; Middle English Latin dēlīberātus (past participle of dēlīberāre to consider), equivalent to dē- de- + līber(āre) to balance, weigh (derivative of lībra balan

Examples for deliberate

"There was a lovely cat at the hotel," she added with deliberate malice.

Some companies fear “throttling”—a deliberate slowing—which may become more frequently used by the ISPs.

But we were attempting a deliberate naiveté, a decision to approach these books as if they might have something to teach us.

But he had not done so, and she was glad he could be restrained and deliberate in that "breedy" sort of way.

"What you choose to think," he said after a deliberate pause.

“Very well,” he said, and paused, as if in deliberate contempt of the official clock.

“The lovers are seated across the room from each other,” he begins in his deliberate tones.

Poindexter followed with a recitation of the Iran program filled with deliberate inaccuracies.

It was a long speech for Wally to make, and he made it with deliberate malice.

A pitcher's life is one day of deliberate self-injury, followed by three days of healing, then a fresh injury.