considerate

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: considérate

English

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Adjective

[edit]

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

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]
[edit]

Translations

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

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

  1. (rare) Synonym of consider

Anagrams

[edit]

Interlingua

[edit]

Participle

[edit]

considerate

  1. past participle of considerar

Italian

[edit]

Adjective

[edit]

considerate

  1. feminine plural of considerato

Verb

[edit]

considerate

  1. inflection of considerare:
    1. second-person plural present
    2. second-person plural imperative
    3. feminine plural past participle

Anagrams

[edit]

Latin

[edit]

Adverb

[edit]

cōnsīderātē (comparative cōnsīderātius, superlative cōnsīderātissimē)

  1. considerately, carefully, cautiously

Verb

[edit]

cōnsīderāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of cōnsīderō

References

[edit]
  • 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to act reasonably, judiciously: prudenter, considerate, consilio agere (opp. temere, nullo consilio, nulla ratione)

Spanish

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

considerate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of considerar combined with te