considerable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /kənˈsɪdɹəbl̩/
- /kənˈsɪdəɹəbl̩/
Etymology
Etymology tree English consider Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English considerable From consider + -able.
Meanings
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Significant; worth considering.
Soon I became a considerable figure in the music industry.
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Large in amount.
With the cutting out of the previous recovery times for electrification work, curtailment of station times and acceleration, considerable reductions have been made in the overall schedules.
1961 January, “The North-East London electrification of the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 18:Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most considerable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more considerable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
considerableness · unconsiderable · inconsiderable
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Synonyms
Translations (55)
lv redzams (worth considering) · fi varteenotettava (worth considering) · pl znaczący (worth considering) · nl geruim (worth considering) · nl aanzienlijk (large in amount) · la aliquantus (worth considering) · es considerable (worth considering) · nn betydeleg (worth considering) · sv ansenlig (worth considering) · ja かなり (large in amount) · nb betraktelig (large in amount) · tr hatırı sayılır (worth considering) · ca considerable (large in amount) · nn betydeleg (large in amount) · nb betydelig (worth considering) · ca considerable (worth considering) · sv avsevärd (worth considering) · nl aanzienlijk (worth considering) · ru значи́тельный (worth considering) · la aliquantus (large in amount) · nl beduidend (worth considering) · sv beaktansvärd (worth considering) · de erheblich (worth considering) · fi melkoinen (large in amount) · nb betydelig (large in amount) · es considerable (large in amount) · bg значителен (worth considering) · cs značný (worth considering) · be зна́чны (worth considering) · sv ansenlig (large in amount) · de beträchtlich (worth considering) · sv betydlig (worth considering) · nn betrakteleg (large in amount) · ja 相当 (large in amount) · lv ievērojams (worth considering) · it considerabile (large in amount) · cmn 可觀 /可观 (worth considering) · pl znaczny (worth considering) · ca apreciable (worth considering) · ja 重要 (worth considering) · pt considerável (large in amount) · bg важен (worth considering) · pt considerável (worth considering) · gl considerábel (worth considering) · sv beaktansvärd (large in amount) · sv betydande (worth considering) · bg голям (large in amount) · de beachtlich (worth considering) · pl spory (worth considering) · fr considérable (large in amount) · fi huomattava (large in amount) · hu tetemes (worth considering) · nl aanmerkelijk (worth considering) · es cuantioso (large in amount) · ja 大切 (worth considering)