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. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     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.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess‎^[1]:

     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

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), 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)
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• 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)

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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: aliquantus
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: betydelig (no), betraktelig (no)

  Nynorsk: betydeleg, betrakteleg

• Portuguese: considerável (pt)
• Spanish: considerable (es)

Noun

considerable (plural considerables)

1. (obsolete) A thing to be considered, consideration.
   • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, 1650, Book I, Chapter 3, p. 9,^[2]

     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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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: -aβle

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.

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Spanish

Etymology

From considerar +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konsideˈɾable/ [kõn.si.ð̞eˈɾa.β̞le]

Adjective

considerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural considerables)

1. considerable (significant)

   Synonym: notable

2. considerable (large in amount)

Derived terms

• considerablemente

External links

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