Deliberate Meaning
/dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjDone on purpose; intentional.
adjFormed with deliberation; carefully considered; not sudden or rash.
Sentence Examples
You must be deliberate in selecting a partner.
He told deliberate lies.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The surgeon made a ____ incision to avoid damaging any nerves.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
You must be ____ in selecting a partner.
Word Origin & History
Inherited from Middle English deliberat(e), borrowed from Latin dēlīberātus, perfect passive participle of dēlīberō (“to consider, weigh well”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + *līberō / lībrō (“to weigh”)), from *libera / libra (“a balance”); see librate. Doublet of deliber.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The massacre of up to 8,000 Bosnian Muslims at Srebrenica in 1995 was an act of genocide in a deliberate attempt by the Bosnian Serb leadership to exterminate part of the Muslim community, appeal judges ruled in a crucial case at the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague yesterday."
— 2004 April 20, Ian Traynor, “Hague rules Srebrenica was act of genocide”, in The Guardian:
"settled visage and deliberate word"
— 1603-4, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure:
"His enunciation was so deliberate."
— 1803, William Wirt, The Letters of the British Spy:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The surgeon made a ____ incision to avoid damaging any nerves.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
You must be ____ in selecting a partner.