reconsider
- to consider again, especially with a view to change of decision or action: to reconsider a refusal.
- Parliamentary Procedure. to take up for consideration a second time, as a motion or a vote, as with the view of reversing or modifying action taken.
- to reconsider a matter.
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reevaluate, reexamine, amend, rethink, review, revise, reassess, rehash, retrace, rearrange, emend, polish, rework, correct, replanExamples from the Web for reconsider
Contemporary Examples of reconsider
But if he heard this combination of Greek and Cuban music, he would be forced to reconsider.
“The West will have to reconsider its approach towards the PKK,” he said.
Once upon a time in America, bold social movements pressed us all to reconsider our answer.
Leno immediately sought to have the Senate reconsider the measure, and it could come to a revote this week.
A British High Court judge has only just last month ordered the government to reconsider its decision.
Historical Examples of reconsider
Having done that, he sat down again to reconsider the whole matter.
The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad
Ye told us this morning, gentlemen, to go away and reconsider our position.
Strife (First Series Plays)John Galsworthy
We know how he attempted by letter to induce the King to reconsider his decision.
Captain BloodRafael Sabatini
The episode had made him reconsider, like a great sickness or a bereavement.
Dreamers of the GhettoI. Zangwill
At the end of that time, if he has not arrived, I will reconsider the matter.
The TraitorsE. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
reconsider
- to consider (something) again, with a view to changing one's policy or course of action
- (in a legislative assembly or similar body) to consider again (a bill or other matter) that has already been voted upon