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considerable

See also: considérable

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
English consider
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English considerable

    From consider + -able.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /kənˈsɪdəɹəbl̩/, /kənˈsɪdɹəbl̩/
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    • Hyphenation: con‧sid‧er‧able, con‧side‧rable

    Adjective

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    considerable (comparative more considerable, superlative most considerable)

    1. Significant; worth considering.
      Soon I became a considerable figure in the music industry.
    2. Large in amount.
      Synonym: good-sized
      • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
        Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.
      • 1961 January, “The North-East London electrification of the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 18:
        With the cutting out of the previous recovery times for electrification work, curtailment of station times and acceleration, considerable reductions have been made in the overall schedules.
      • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
        When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.

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    Noun

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    considerable (plural considerables)

    1. (obsolete) A thing to be considered, consideration.
      • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica‎[1], London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, published 1650, Book I, Chapter 3, p. 9:
        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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    Etymology

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    From considerar +‎ -able.

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    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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    Spanish

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    Etymology

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    From considerar +‎ -able.

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    • IPA(key): /konsideˈɾable/ [kõn.si.ð̞eˈɾa.β̞le]
    • Rhymes: -able
    • Syllabification: con‧si‧de‧ra‧ble

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    considerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural considerables)

    1. considerable (significant)
      Synonyms: notable, significativo
    2. considerable (large in amount)

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    • → Tagalog: konsiderable

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