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# deliberation

noun (deliberation, deliberations)

«deliberation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Deliberation is careful and long thinking or talking about something before deciding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliberation/#m1)
2. Doing something with deliberation means slowly and carefully, on purpose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliberation/#m2)
3. (law) The jury's deliberations are their discussions before the verdict. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliberation/#m3)

### In the lessons

In law (jury deliberation), school councils, ethics dilemmas, stories.

### Examples

- After much deliberation, we chose the blue one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliberation/#x1)
- The jury began its deliberations. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliberation/#x2)
- He placed the last brick with great deliberation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliberation/#x3)
- The class council's deliberation took an hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliberation/#x4)
- She chose her words with deliberation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliberation/#x5)
- The judges' deliberation over the cake contest was long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliberation/#x6)
- This they did not like at all; so after much deliberation they decided to get married. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliberation/#x7)

### Note

Verb: deliberate (de-LIB-er-ate). Adjective deliberate (on purpose). Often plural in law.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «deliberation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliberation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«deliberation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/deliberation.html) on Mova free.