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UK
/kənsˈɪdəɹəbəl/
]
[ US /kənˈsɪdɝəbəɫ/ ]
[ US /kənˈsɪdɝəbəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree
went to considerable trouble for us
a considerable quantity
spent a considerable amount of time on the problem
the economy was a considerable issue in the campaign
How To Use considerable In A Sentence
- As the firm's engraver, he requires an artistic eye and a considerable amount of strength.
- Numerous small contributions soon bulk up into a considerable sum.
- State officials retained considerable economic control and allowed uneconomic factories and mines to continue operating.
- A week-long state of emergency was declared, and the protests were forcibly suppressed with considerable loss of life.
- As it was evident he was in no mood for converse, Sybil, who seemed to exercise considerable authority over the crew, with a word dispersed them, and they herded back to their respective habitations. Rookwood
- Boschi, who trained with Passignano in the late 1580s, is known today principally to specialists, but he enjoyed a considerable degree of popularity in the early seicento.
- The railway had made a considerable capital outlay on new rolling stock.
- To be without Pearce would be a considerable blow.
- Lennox Lewis and the rest of boxing await the answer with not inconsiderable interest.
- Moreover, for logistics companies there are considerable long-term questions over the economic and environmental sustainability of home delivery. Times, Sunday Times