considerable

/konsideˈɾable/ · B2 · adj

considerable

📏📈 considerable = con (with) + sider (star) + able: worth reckoning by the stars

From Latin considerare, 'to examine closely', possibly from sidus, 'star'. Something worth careful study or reckoning is big enough to matter, so it is significant or large in amount. Spanish -able marks it as an adjective.

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