deliberate

Pronunciation

Adjective

• enPR: dĭlĭ'bərət, IPA ^(key): /dɪˈlɪbərət/, SAMPA: /dI"lIb@r@t/
• enPR: dəlĭ'bərət, IPA ^(key): /dəˈlɪbərət/, SAMPA: /d@"lIb@r@t/

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• Hyphenation: de‧li‧ber‧ate or de‧li‧berate

Verb

• enPR: dĭlĭ'bərāt, IPA ^(key): /dɪˈlɪbəreɪt/, SAMPA: /dI"lIb@reIt/
• enPR: dəlĭ'bərāt, IPA ^(key): /dəˈlɪbəreɪt/, SAMPA: /d@"lIb@reIt/

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• Hyphenation: de‧li‧ber‧ate

Adjective

Positive deliberate

Comparative more deliberate

Superlative most deliberate

1. Done intentionally; on purpose, not by accident.

   She walked up to her brother and gave him a deliberate kick.

Verb

Plain form deliberate

Third-person singular deliberates

Past tense deliberated

Past participle deliberated

Present participle deliberating

1. If you deliberate something, you think about it carefully.

   The jury deliberated about the innocence of the person on trial.