deliberation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question
the deliberations of the jury
Types & categories
- give-and-take hypernym
Related & opposite
- deliberate derivation
- moot derivation
- plural domain usage
Sense 2 noun
careful consideration
a little deliberation would have deterred them
Types & categories
- consideration hypernym
- think hyponym
Related & opposite
- deliberate derivation
- moot derivation
- counsel derivation
- weigh derivation
Sense 3 noun
planning something carefully and intentionally
it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting
Types & categories
- preparation hypernym
Related & opposite
- forecast derivation
Sense 4 noun
a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
Types & categories
- pace hypernym
- leisureliness hyponym
- dilatoriness hyponym
Related & opposite
- slow derivation
- slow derivation
- unhurried derivation
- deliberate derivation
- unhurried derivation
Sense 5 noun
the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision
he was a man of judicial deliberation
Types & categories
- thoughtfulness hypernym
- intentionality hyponym
Related & opposite
- deliberate derivation
- moot derivation
- deliberate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deliberate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | moot |
| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | plural |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | give-and-take |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deliberate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | moot |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | counsel |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | weigh |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | consideration |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | think |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | forecast |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | preparation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | slow |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | slow |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | unhurried |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | deliberate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | unhurried |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | pace |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | leisureliness |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dilatoriness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | deliberate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | moot |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | deliberate |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | thoughtfulness |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | intentionality |