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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Considerable \Con*sid"er*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. consid['e]rable.]
     1. Worthy of consideration, borne in mind, or attended to.
  
              It is considerable, that some urns have had
              inscriptions on them expressing that the lamps were
              burning.                              --Bp. Wilkins.
  
              Eternity is infinitely the most considerable
              duration.                             --Tillotson.
  
     2. Of some distinction; noteworthy; influential; respectable;
        -- said of persons.
  
              You are, indeed, a very considerable man. --Junius.
  
     3. Of importance or value.
  
              In painting, not every action, nor every person, is
              considerable enough to enter into the cloth.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
              A considerable sum of money.          --Prescott.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  considerable
       adj : large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or
             degree; "a considerable quantity"; "the economy was a
             considerable issue in the campaign"; "went to
             considerable trouble for us"; "spent a considerable
             amount of time on the problem" [ant: {inconsiderable}]

From eng-fra [engfra]:

  considerable
  	[kənsidərəbl]
  	considérable, imposant, majeur
  
  

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