considerable
See also: considérable
English
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
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Adjective
considerable (comparative more considerable, superlative most considerable)
- Significant; worth considering.
- I've spent a considerable amount of time on this.
- Large in amount.
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Antonyms
Translations
worth considering
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large in amount
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Noun
considerable (plural considerables)
- (obsolete) A thing to be considered, consideration.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, 1650, Book I, Chapter 3, p. 9,[1]
- Statistes and Politicians, unto whom Ragione di Stato, is the first considerable, as though it were their businesse to deceive people, as a Maxime, do hold, that truth is to be concealed from them […]
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, 1650, Book I, Chapter 3, p. 9,[1]
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Catalan
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
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Adjective
considerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural considerables)
- considerable (large, substantial)
- El mes de febrer de 1888, doncs, Eduard Toda ja ha reunit un fons bibliogràfic de valor considerable.
Spanish
Adjective
considerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural considerables)
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