reconsider

See also: re-consider

English

Alternative forms

re-consider

Etymology

re- +‎ consider

Pronunciation

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Verb

reconsider (third-person singular simple present reconsiders, present participle reconsidering, simple past and past participle reconsidered)

(transitive, intransitive) To consider a matter again.
Is there any way I can get you to reconsider selling your car?
(informal) To change one's mind, with or without actually considering the matter again

Synonyms

Related terms

consider

Translations

to consider a matter thought already to have been decided

Bulgarian: преразглеждам (prerazgleždam)
Catalan: reconsiderar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 重新考慮／重新考虑 (chóngxīn kǎolǜ)
Dutch: heroverwegen (nl)
Finnish: harkita uudelleen, miettiä vielä, harkita vielä
French: reconsidérer (fr)
German: überdenken (de)
Hungarian: újra átgondol, felülvizsgál (hu)
Italian: riconsiderare
Japanese: 再考する (ja) (さいこうする, saikō suru)
Latin: recōgitō
Polish: ponownie rozważać impf, ponownie rozważyć pf
Portuguese: reconsiderar (pt)
Romanian: reconsidera (ro)
Russian: пересма́тривать (ru) impf (peresmátrivatʹ), пересмотре́ть (ru) pf (peresmotrétʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: ath-smaoinich
Spanish: reconsiderar (es)
Swedish: ompröva (sv), tänka om (sv)

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