The notion that slow and careful thought is like using a scale has given us the word deliberate. Deliberate can be traced back to the Latin verb deliberare, meaning "to weigh in the mind."

Deliberate, intentional, premeditated, voluntary refer to something not happening by chance. Deliberate is applied to what is done not hastily but with full realization of what one is doing: a …

DELIBERATE definition: 1. (often of something bad) intentional or planned: 2. A deliberate movement, action, or thought…. Learn more.

If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance. It has a deliberate policy to introduce world art to …

Definition of deliberate adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Define deliberate. deliberate synonyms, deliberate pronunciation, deliberate translation, English dictionary definition of deliberate. adj. 1. Done with or marked by full consciousness of the …

To deliberate means to carefully think or talk something through — it also means slow and measured, the pace of this kind of careful decision making. If you chose deliberately, you …

6 days ago · deliberate (third-person singular simple present deliberates, present participle deliberating, simple past and past participle deliberated) (transitive) To consider carefully; to …

Deliberate, intentional, premeditated, voluntary refer to something not happening by chance. Deliberate is applied to what is done not hastily but with full realization of what one is doing: a …

DELIBERATE meaning: 1 : done or said in a way that is planned or intended done or said on purpose; 2 : done or decided after careful thought