Definition: 1. Done on purpose rather than by accident. 2. Think about carefully; weigh. 3. Discuss the pros and cons of an issue.
Use 'deliberate' in a sentence:
1. The German move was widely seen as a deliberate snub to Mr Cook.
2. He got sent off for deliberate handball in the 32nd minute.
3. It's not clear whether the incident was an accident or deliberate.
4. It has a deliberate policy to introduce world art to Britain.
5. We have to make a deliberate decision.
6. We got into more deliberate hunting of animals, larger species were hunted and then you started to see humans eating mammoth.
7. Congress deliberated the question of raising taxes.
8. Something about her deliberate movements reminded me of my own mother, who'd passed away the previous Christmas.
9. Through deliberate effort, we can become more aware of our gut feelings.
10. It be a deliberate action, often connected with battle and war.
11. They range from minor cases of deliberate damaging of things to much more serious offenses, such as car accidents involving drunk drivers or bank robberies.
12. And the best way to learn how to encode information meaningfully, Ericsson determined, was a process known as deliberate practice.
13. The Deputy Commander has condemned this weekend's protest as deliberate provocation.
14. On the other hand, there have been hundreds of thefts and cases of deliberate damaging of public property, which usually involves breaking windows or lights, or writing on walls.
15. She deliberated over the decision for a long time before she made up her mind.
16. Schools that show a decrease in deliberate destruction of property can receive the amount of money that would be spent on repairs and replacements.
17. His movements were gentle and deliberate.
18. Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action.
19. Shop-lifters can be divided into three main categories: the professionals, the deliberate amateurs, and the people who just can't help themselves.
20. The debate over whether graffiti is art or deliberate damage is still going on.
21. A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display.
22. This was a deliberate piece of misinformation.
23. The old man stood up in a very deliberate way and left the room.
24. Her intent may be to appeal over the heads of Paris's chattering classes, provoking a deliberate confrontation between polite opinion and popular sentiment.
25. It was both deliberate and malicious, not to mention clever.
26. Witnesses say the firing was deliberate and sustained.
27. The way of life is attained through deliberate thought but ruined by casual negligence.
28. Deliberate practice entails more than simply repeating a task.
29. The Court of Criminal Appeals has been deliberating his case for almost two weeks.
30. The elderly woman moved with her deliberate slowness back to her daughter.
31. Giovanni plied him with questions and comments with the deliberate intention of prolonging his stay.
32. His hand brushed against hers; it could have been either accidental or deliberate.
33. The same applies to the deliberate amateur who is, so to speak, a professional in training.
34. Her refusal to attend the dinner is being seen as a deliberate snub to the President.
35. The six-person jury deliberated about two hours before returning with the verdict.
36. It is a deliberate, nasty and vicious attack on a young man's character.
37. The deliberate cruelty of his words cut her like a knife.
38. I think there was deliberate concealment of relevant documents.
39. The company engaged in a deliberate effort to cheat them out of their pensions.
40. They deliberated on whether to continue with the talks.
41. Government sources denied there had been a deliberate cover-up.
42. She spoke in a slow and deliberate way.
43. In the context of such finely spun, deliberate masterpieces, these quirks seemed hard to explain.
44. The speech was a deliberate attempt to embarrass the government.
45. I think there's a deliberate confusion here about these lines because their precise historical significance isn't what's most significant.
46. The jury deliberated for five days before finding him guilty.
47. He was sure that the casualness of the gesture was deliberate.
48. Her refusal was merely a deliberate gesture.
49. It had more the appearance of a deliberate crime than of an accident.
