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say it: di-LIB-ur-uht
deliberate is an adjective and verb meaning "carefully thought out in advance". It carries 5 recorded senses.
carefully thought out in advance
“a calculated insult”
“with measured irony”
“he made a deliberate decision not to respond negatively”
unhurried and with care and dignity
“walking at the same measured pace”
“with all deliberate speed”
characterized by conscious design or purpose
“intentional damage”
“a knowing act of fraud”
“a deliberate attempt to provoke a response”
think about carefully; weigh
“They considered the possibility of a strike”
“Turn the proposal over in your mind”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for deliberate come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.