What does considerable mean?
Word: Considerable
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Considerable means great in size, amount or importance; big enough to be noticed.
Synonyms: great, sizeable
Antonyms: small, slight, tiny
How do you spell considerable?
Syllables: con - sid - er - a - ble
Tricky part: Every letter of consider stays, including the er that is easy to swallow when you say the word fast.
Watch out for: considrable, consederable, considerabel
Memory tip: Hold on to the whole of consider before the ending goes on. The word is long only because nothing gets dropped.
Considerable in a sentence
Example 1: The flood caused considerable damage to the crops in Assam.
Example 2: Rohan spent a considerable time choosing his new cricket bat.
Example 3: Learning the violin takes considerable effort and patience.
Fun Fact
When it first appeared in the 1400s, considerable meant simply something that could be thought about. Later it came to mean important, and only after that big in size or amount.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
considerable
a) large
b) quick
c) careful
d) gentle
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a) large. A considerable amount is a large amount; careful belongs to the word considerate instead.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
bleardisecon
a) consideration
b) considerable
c) considerate
d) considered
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b) considerable. Only considerable uses all twelve letters: considered and considerate are too short, and consideration needs a t and an extra i.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) importent
b) considerable
c) favourate
d) generus
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b) considerable. Generous, important and favourite each have a wrong vowel here; considerable is spelt correctly.
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
consider
a) ible
b) abel
c) uble
d) able
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d) able. Consider is a whole word, so it takes able, as comfort does in comfortable.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which sentence uses considerable correctly?
a) The considerable boy said sorry to his sister.
b) The storm did considerable harm to the old bridge.
c) Please be considerable and close the door.
d) She was considerable to all her guests.
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b) The storm did considerable harm to the old bridge.
2. A considerable crowd came to the fair. How many people came?
a) a lot of people
b) fewer than last year
c) only the stall owners
d) a handful of people
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a) a lot of people
