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reconsider Definition

re·con·sider (rē′kən sid′ər)

transitive verb

  1. to consider again; think or argue over again, esp. with a view to changing a decision
  2. to take up again in a meeting (a matter discussed and voted on before)

intransitive verb

to reconsider a matter

reconsider Related Forms

re′·con·sid′·era′·tion noun

reconsider Synonyms

reconsider

v.

reevaluate, think over, rethink, reexamine, go over, work over, rearrange, consider again, recheck, reinquire, correct, amend, revise, retrace, emend, rework, replan, review, withdraw for consideration, reweigh, amend one's judgment; see also consider 1, 3.

reconsider Usage Examples

Object

  • decision: A local CAB or Welfare Rights Project should be able to help with your request to have a decision reconsidered or an appeal.
  • matter: I next consider the opportunities WPA had to reconsider the matter.
  • proposal: We would urge the government to reconsider this proposal.
  • notion: How might a look at the stars at night make a person reconsider the notion of the miraculous?
  • assumption: Perhaps we have to reconsider some basic assumptions underlying all approaches to the frame problem.
  • implication: Your Lordships will recall that during the hearing that I informed the Court that the Kansal case is currently reconsidering the implications of Lambert.

Preposition: on

basis: Proposed policy must be reconsidered on the basis of full options appraisal and the correct application of the Equality duty.

Preposition: at

hearing: The decision is subject to the appellant's right to have it reconsidered at an oral hearing.

Modifying Another Word

  • urgently: The EC must urgently reconsider the whole structure of the conference.
  • seriously: Journeys to a region with a high risk of malaria must be seriously reconsidered in the light of the special risks to children.
  • carefully: Mr. White informed Members that the above application had been reconsidered very carefully.
  • then: The patient might then reconsider or agree to see a different doctor on another occasion.
  • now: He accordingly decides that they must now reconsider the matter in a proper fashion.
  • also: We should also reconsider the macrobiotic literature on this subject which clearly needs to be revised.

Used with why or when

  • what: Depending then on their views, we can reconsider what advice, should be offered.
  • when: He's forced to reconsider when Pauline lays down some strict rules.
  • who: They should analyze and manage clinical problems and, again, reconsider who is the most appropriate decision maker.
  • where: The pendulum has now swung too far, and we need to reconsider where the boundary should be drawn.

Present participle complement

use: Kirkby Times will be getting in touch with the local Council to ask them to reconsider using News International to print these Papers.

Preposition: in

light: Legends of Atlantis reconsidered in the light of the Egyptian exploded planet cult.