Definition of Considerable
Considerable
Worthy of consideration, borne in mind, or attended to.
Of some distinction; noteworthy; influential; respectable; -- said of persons.
Of importance or value.
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Considerable Quotations
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
Jane Austen
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
Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.
Eric Hoffer
For many my behavior has been a major disappointment, my behavior has caused considerable worry to my business partners, and everyone involved in my business, but most importantly to the young people we influence, I apologize.
Tiger Woods
People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be the envy and the mark of fortune.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.
Thomas Sowell
If repression has indeed been the fundamental link between power, knowledge, and sexuality since the classical age, it stands to reason that we will not be able to free ourselves from it except at a considerable cost.
Michel Foucault
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
I see nothing that points to a recession in Germany. But I see considerable long-term tasks ahead of us that have to do with markets regaining confidence in Europe and that have a lot to do with reducing debt.
Angela Merkel
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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