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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
- I mustered the entire caravan outside the tembe, our flags and streamers were unfurled, the men had their loads resting on the walls, there was considerable shouting, and laughing, and negroidal fanfaronnade. How I Found Livingstone
- 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.
