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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /kənˈsɪdəɹəbl/
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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: con‧sid‧er‧able

considerable (comparative more considerable, superlative most considerable)

1. Significant; worth considering.

   I've spent a considerable amount of time on this.

2. Large in amount.
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• consider
• considerably

• ignorable
• negligible

considerable (plural considerables)

1. (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 […]

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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -aβle

considerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural considerables)

1. considerable (large, substantial)

   El mes de febrer de 1888, doncs, Eduard Toda ja ha reunit un fons bibliogràfic de valor considerable.

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• IPA^(key): /konsideˈɾable/ [kõn.si.ð̞eˈɾa.β̞le]

considerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural considerables)

1. considerable (significant)

   Synonym: notable

2. considerable (large in amount)

• considerablemente

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