reconsider

See also: re-consider

English

Alternative forms

• re-consider

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

English consider

English reconsider

From re- + consider.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːkənˌsɪdə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɹikənˌsɪdɚ/, [ˈɹikənˌsɪɾ.ɚ], [ˈɹikn̩ˌsɪɾ.ɚ]

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːkənˌsɪdə/

Verb

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

1. (ambitransitive) To consider a matter again.

   Is there any way I can get you to reconsider selling your car?

2. (informal) To change one's mind, with or without actually considering the matter again.

Synonyms

• think over
• second-guess

Derived terms

• reconsideration
• reconsiderer
• unreconsidered

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)

Anagrams

• considerer