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

Antonyms

• inconsiderate

Derived terms

• omniconsiderate
• overconsiderate
• unconsiderate

Related terms

• consider
• consideration
• considerately
• considerateness

Translations

thoughtful

Bulgarian: деликатен (bg) (delikaten), отзивчив (bg) (otzivčiv), внимателен (bg) (vnimatelen) Burmese: ညှာ (my) (hnya) Catalan: considerat (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 體貼 / 体贴 (zh) (tǐtiē) Czech: ohleduplný (cs) m Danish: forekommende, imødekommende Dutch: zorgzaam (nl), voorkomend (nl) Finnish: avoin (fi), avomielinen (fi), hienotunteinen (fi), huomaavainen (fi) French: attentif (fr), attentionné (fr), prévenant (fr) German: zuvorkommend (de), rücksichtsvoll (de) Hebrew: מתחשב (mitkhashev) Hungarian: figyelmes (hu) Irish: cásmhar Italian: amichevole (it), cordiale (it), disponibile (it) Japanese: 思い遣りのある (ja) (おもいやりのある, omoiyari no aru) Macedonian: о́бѕирен (óbdziren), внима́телен (vnimátelen), гри́жлив (grížliv), делика́тен (delikáten) Maori: tūpore, manawa popore, tūpore, whaiwhakaaro, mākoha, ngākau mahara, manawa popore Norwegian: imøtekommende Occitan: gent (oc), manhagós, atencionat, atentiu (oc) Old English: besċēawod Portuguese: atencioso (pt) Russian: делика́тный (ru) m (delikátnyj), отзы́вчивый (ru) m (otzývčivyj), приве́тливый (ru) m (privétlivyj), такти́чный (ru) m (taktíčnyj), внима́тельный (ru) m (vnimátelʹnyj) (к другим) Spanish: considerado (es) Swedish: förekommande (sv), omtänksam (sv), tillmötesgående (sv)

deliberate

French: réfléchi (fr) m, circonspect (fr) m Hungarian: átgondolt (hu), megfontolt (hu), körültekintő (hu) Russian: проду́манный (ru) m (prodúmannyj)

Verb

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

1. (rare) Synonym of consider.

Anagrams

• decreations, desecration, resonicated

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

Anagrams

• esercitando, estraendoci, stenocardie

Latin

Etymology 1

From cōnsīderātus +‎ -ē.

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, 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