deliberateとは

発音

• (adjective):
  • enPR: dĭlĭbʹərət, IPA^(key): /dɪˈlɪbəɹət/
  • enPR: dəlĭbʹərət, IPA^(key): /dəˈlɪbəɹət/
• (verb):
  • enPR: dĭlĭbʹərāt, IPA^(key): /dɪˈlɪbəɹeɪt/
  • enPR: dəlĭbʹərāt, IPA^(key): /dəˈlɪbəɹeɪt/
• ハイフネーション: de‧lib‧er‧ate

形容詞

deliberate (comparative more deliberate, superlative most deliberate)

1. Done on purpose; intentional.

   Tripping me was deliberate action.

2. Of a person, weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; slow in determining.

   The jury took eight hours to come to its deliberate verdict.

   Synonyms: circumspect

3. Formed with deliberation; carefully considered; not sudden or rash.

   a deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure or result

   Synonyms: well-advised

   • 1603-4, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure

     settled visage and deliberate word

4. Not hasty or sudden; slow.
   • 1803, William Wirt, The Letters of the British Spy

     His enunciation was so deliberate.

反意語

• (intentional): unwitting

動詞

deliberate (三人称単数 現在形 deliberates, 現在分詞 deliberating, 過去形および過去分詞形 deliberated)

1. To consider carefully.

   It is now time for the jury to deliberate the guilt of the defendant.

関連する語

• deliberation
• deliberative

Further reading

• deliberate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• deliberate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• deliberate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Latin

動詞

dēlīberāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēlīberō

参照

• deliberate in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)