considerable
//kənˈsɪdəɹəbl̩//
formalForms
- Comparative
- more considerable
- Superlative
- most considerable
Definitions
1.Significant; worth considering.
- Soon I became a considerable figure in the music industry.
2.Large in amount.
- With the cutting out of the previous recovery times for electrification work, curtailment of station times and acceleration, considerable reductions have been made in the overall schedules.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3567
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
Etymology tree
English consider
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English considerable
From consider + -able.