What does deliberation mean?
Word: Deliberation
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Deliberation means long, careful thinking or discussion before a decision is made.
Synonyms: thought, discussion, reflection
Antonyms: haste, carelessness
How do you spell deliberation?
Syllables: de - lib - er - a - tion
Tricky part: The e of deliberate is dropped before ion, and the sound shun is written tion. Students write deliberasion or put an i after lib.
Watch out for: deliberasion, delibiration, deliberatian
Memory tip: Decorate gives decoration and separate gives separation: the final e drops and ion moves in, exactly as it does here.
Deliberation in a sentence
Example 1: After much deliberation, the class chose a name for its newsletter.
Example 2: The family's deliberation over the new flat went on for weeks.
Example 3: She chose her words with deliberation.
Fun Fact
The deliberations that produced the Constitution of the United States went on for almost four months in Philadelphia, from May to September 1787.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word deliberation as used in the sentence:
The committee spent two days in deliberation before choosing the new school logo.
a) consideration
b) competition
c) construction
d) celebration
Show answer
a) consideration. Careful thinking before a choice is consideration.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
Following an hour of odetnilarbie, the panel chose the winning painting.
a) deliberation
b) liberation
c) delineation
d) celebration
Show answer
a) deliberation. Twelve letters with a b and a d: liberation is too short, celebration has a c and delineation has no b.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The judges took a long time in deleberation before announcing that the two schools would share first prize this year.
a) announcing
b) judges
c) share
d) deleberation
Show answer
d) deleberation. After del the vowel is i, as in the verb the noun comes from.
Spell-o-Spell
Three words are spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of the one that is not:
1. deliberation 2. discussion 3. propossal 4. consensus
a) an idea put forward to be considered
b) agreement reached by a whole group
c) a talk in which people share views
d) thinking hard before making a choice
Show answer
a) an idea put forward to be considered. Propossal has one s too many; deliberation, discussion and consensus are correct.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Deliberation is most needed when ____.
a) choosing a college
b) switching on a fan
c) brushing your teeth
d) tying a shoelace
Show answer
a) choosing a college
2. Which phrase means the same as after much deliberation?
a) after weighing it up
b) after a quick guess
c) after a coin toss
d) after a short nap
Show answer
a) after weighing it up
