Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“deliberating” is a form of

deliberate

UK /dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət/ · US /dɪˈlɪb.ɚ.ət/ adjective, verb

Forms deliberates deliberating deliberated

  1. adjective Done on purpose; intentional. “a deliberate attempt to cover up his crime”
  2. adjective Formed with deliberation; carefully considered; not sudden or rash. “a deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure or result”
  3. adjective 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.”
  4. adjective Not hasty or sudden; slow.
  5. verb (transitive) To consider carefully; to weigh well in the mind. “It is now time for the jury to deliberate the guilt of the defendant.”
  6. verb (intransitive) To consider the reasons for and against anything; to reflect.

Synonyms

purposeful volitional advertent conscious witting intentional on purpose purposive volitational voluntary wilful careful cautious well-advised alert attentive cautelous canny chary circumspect consider debate moot turn over calculated measured

Antonyms

unintentional unwitting

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English deliberat(e), borrowed from Latin dēlīberātus, perfect passive participle of dēlīberō (“to consider, weigh well”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + *līberō / lībrō (“to weigh”)), from *libera / libra (“a balance”); see librate. Doublet of deliber.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Weighing facts and arguments with a view a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; --applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor. "These deliberate fools." Shak.
  2. adjective Formed with deliberation; well-advised; carefully considered; not sudden or rash; as, a deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure or result.
  3. verb To weigh in the mind; to consider the reasons for and against; to consider maturely; to reflect upon; to ponder; as, to deliberate a question.
  4. verb To take counsel with one's self; to weigh the arguments for and against a proposed course of action; to reflect; to consider; to hesitate in deciding; --sometimes with on, upon, concerning.

Etymology [L. deliberatus, p. p. of deliberare to deliberate; de- + librare to weigh. See Librate.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “deliberate”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “deliberate” (best matches first).

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