considerate
[kuh n-sid-er-it]
- showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
- carefully considered; deliberate.
- marked by consideration or reflection; deliberate; prudent.
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Origin of considerate
1375–1425 for earlier sense; 1565–75 for current senses; late Middle English < Latin consīderātus (past participle of consīderāre to consider), equivalent to consīderā- (stem of consīderāre) + -tus past participle suffix
Synonyms
See more synonyms for considerate on Thesaurus.com1. kind, patient, concerned. See thoughtful.
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Examples from the Web for considerate
Contemporary Examples
The two strengthened ties over the years and now Krauss considers Epstein a “close” and “considerate” friend.
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A hard-working doctor (of any race) has rendered careful, considerate care to a complicated patient.
One appeal I got by email does ask for children's clothes, but says this: “Be considerate and thoughtful while giving clothes.”
“Considerate and thoughtful”: not words I could have used for myself after an earlier disaster.
Simply asking tenants to be considerate of the staff has helped increase their tendency to recycle.
Historical Examples
How just, how love-careful he was not to ask her—considerate for her more than himself!
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
And it was considerate of you not to employ it in this instance.
The Black BagLouis Joseph Vance
Being so considerate as to visit me, I hope you will be likewise so considerate as to overlook that.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
And don't be one-sided, my dear madam; it's not considerate, it's not kind.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
Yet I am sure they are both so considerate, good-humoured, and reasonable, that he might spare them.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
considerate
- thoughtful towards other people; kind
- rare carefully thought out; considered
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Word Origin and History for considerate
adj.
1570s, "marked by deliberation," from Latin consideratus, past participle of considerare (see consider). Of persons, "deliberate, prudent," 1580s; meaning "showing consideration for others" is from c.1700. Related: Considerately; considerateness.
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