adjective · neutral
considerable
UK/kənˈsɪdərəbl/US/kənˈsɪdərəbəl/con·SID·er·able
Band 6-7task1task2speaking
large in amount, degree, or extent
Examples
“There has been a considerable increase in housing costs.”
“The study required a considerable amount of time.”
“He made a considerable contribution to the project.”
Band 8 sentence
“A considerable body of evidence now suggests that early intervention improves long-term educational outcomes.”
Collocations
- considerable amount
- considerable evidence
- considerably larger
Word family
consider vconsideration nconsiderable adjconsiderably adv
Common mistakes
considerable informations→considerable information
very considerable→considerable
Say it for a higher band
5big→6large→7+considerable
Synonyms
significant
Easily confused
significant
“The difference between the groups was statistically significant.”
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