considerable

See also: considérable

English

Etymology

From consider +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈsɪdəɹəbl̩/, /kənˈsɪdɹəbl̩/

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• Hyphenation: con‧sid‧er‧able, con‧side‧rable

Adjective

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.
   • 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.

Antonyms

• ignorable
• negligible

Derived terms

• considerableness
• inconsiderable
• unconsiderable

 

Related terms

• consider
• considerably

Translations

worth considering

Belarusian: зна́чны m (znáčny) Bulgarian: важен (bg) (važen), значителен (bg) (značitelen) Catalan: apreciable, considerable (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 可觀／可观 (zh) (kěguān) Czech: značný (cs) Dutch: geruim (nl), aanzienlijk (nl), aanmerkelijk (nl), beduidend (nl) Finnish: varteenotettava Galician: considerábel (gl) German: erheblich (de), beträchtlich (de), beachtlich (de) Hungarian: tetemes (hu) Japanese: 大切 (ja) (taisetsu), 重要 (ja) (jūyō) Latin: aliquantus Latvian: redzams, ievērojams Norwegian: Bokmål: betydelig (no) Nynorsk: betydeleg Polish: znaczny (pl), znaczący (pl), spory (pl) Portuguese: considerável (pt) Russian: значи́тельный (ru) (značítelʹnyj) Spanish: considerable (es) Swedish: betydlig (sv), betydande (sv), ansenlig (sv), beaktansvärd (sv), avsevärd (sv) Turkish: hatırı sayılır

large in amount

Bulgarian: голям (bg) (goljam) Catalan: considerable (ca) Dutch: aanzienlijk (nl) Finnish: huomattava (fi), melkoinen (fi) French: considérable (fr) Italian: considerabile Japanese: かなり (ja) (kanari), 相当 (ja) (sōtō) Latin: aliquantus Norwegian: Bokmål: betydelig (no), betraktelig (no) Nynorsk: betydeleg, betrakteleg Portuguese: considerável (pt) Spanish: considerable (es) Swedish: ansenlig (sv), beaktansvärd (sv)

Noun

considerable (plural considerables)

1. (obsolete) A thing to be considered, consideration.
   • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica‎, 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 […]

Catalan

Etymology

From considerar +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kun.si.ðəˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kon.si.ðəˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kon.si.ðeˈɾa.ble]
• Rhymes: -ablə, -able

Adjective

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

Derived terms

• considerablement

Further reading

• “considerable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “considerable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “considerable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “considerable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

From considerar +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

considerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural considerables)

1. considerable (significant)

   Synonyms: notable, significativo

2. considerable (large in amount)

Derived terms

• considerablemente

 

Further reading

• “considerable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014