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Definition of Considerable |
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Considerable
Worthy of consideration, borne in mind, or attended to. Of some distinction; noteworthy; influential; respectable; -- said of persons. Of importance or value. Related Definitions: Attended, Borne, Consideration, Distinction, Importance, In, Mind, Noteworthy, Of, Or, Respectable, Said, Some, To, Value, Worthy |
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Considerable Quotations
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable. Jane Austen Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves. Eric Hoffer It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance. Thomas Sowell No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true. Nathaniel Hawthorne The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time. Edmund Burke A considerable number of persons are able to protect themselves against the outbreak of serious neurotic phenomena only through intense work. Karl Abraham All this is applicable to the intellectual faculties of man. There is a considerable difference between one person and another as regards these faculties, as is well known to philosophers. Maimonides Be able to back up a car for a considerable distance in a straight line and back out of a driveway. Marilyn vos Savant One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves. Miguel De Cervantes The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall into error, but in their readiness to acknowledge these inevitable lapses. Thomas Huxley |
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Considerable Translations
considerable in Dutch is geruim, aanmerkelijk, aanzienlijk considerable in French is sortable, important considerable in Italian is considerevole, rilevante, vistoso considerable in Norwegian is betydelig considerable in Spanish is respetable, notable, considerable |
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