considerate

adjective

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.

Origin:
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

Related forms

con·sid·er·ate·ly, adverb

con·sid·er·ate·ness, noun

o·ver·con·sid·er·ate, adjective

o·ver·con·sid·er·ate·ly, adverb

o·ver·con·sid·er·ate·ness, noun

qua·si-con·sid·er·ate, adjective

qua·si-con·sid·er·ate·ly, adverb

Synonyms
1. kind, patient, concerned. See thoughtful.

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considerate (kənˈsɪdərɪt)

—*adj*
1.	thoughtful towards other people; kind
2.	rare carefully thought out; considered

con'siderately

—*adv*

con'siderateness

—n

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Word Origin & History

considerate

1570s, "marked by deliberation," from L. consideratus, pp. of considerare (see consider). Of persons, "deliberate, prudent," 1580s; meaning "showing consideration for others" is from c.1700.

Example sentences

It's the thoughtful and considerate people that make these visits worthwhile.

May his wisdom, strength and warm considerate way remain in our memories and

our lives.

And some of the aggrieved are deciding that the usual appeals for considerate

behavior aren't solving the problem.

Keep up the good work, and thank you for being so considerate.

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chivalrous courtesy outwardly tender

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"I claim ... that there is a feminine as well as a masculine side to truth ...That as the man is more noble in reason, so the woman is more quick in sympathy. That as he is indefatigable in pursuit of abstract truth, so is she in caring for the interests by the way—striving tenderly and lovingly that not one of the least of these "little ones" should perish. That while we not unfrequently see women who reason, we say, with the coolness and precision of a man, and men as considerate of helplessness as a woman, still there is a general consensus of mankind that the one trait is essentially masculine and the other as peculiarly feminine. That both are needed to be worked into the training of children, in order that our boys may supplement their virility by tenderness and sensibility, and our girls may round out their gentleness by strength and self-reliance. That, as both are alike necessary in giving symmetry to the individual, so a nation or a race will degenerate into mere emotionalism on the one hand, or ballism on the other, if dominated by either exclusively; lastly, and most emphatically, that the feminine factor can have its proper effect only through woman's development and education so that she may fitly and intelligently stamp her force on the forces of her day, and add her modicum to the riches of the world's thought."

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