1 done on purpose rather than by accident
SYNPLANNED:
a deliberate act of vandalism * The speech was a deliberate attempt to embarrass the government.
2 (of a movement or an action) done slowly and carefully:
She spoke in a slow and deliberate way.
verb to think very carefully about sth, usually before making a decision: [V] The jury deliberated for five days before finding him guilty. * They deliberated on whether to continue with the talks. [also Vwh-]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for deliberate is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is deliberate a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, deliberate is tagged as adjective.
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