deliberate
adjective
carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional.
deliberated
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past participleof deliberate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof deliberate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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Lakeeta Vaccaro Hill was denied punitive damages by the six-person jury that deliberated for less than four hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
The jury deliberated for only about three hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The prosecution rested, and the jury deliberated for five hours.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The mistrial came after six weeks of court proceedings and after jurors deliberated for more than 40 hours over seven days.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
For a split second that seemed much longer than it really was, Carlisle deliberated.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
