reconsider

[ree-kuhn-sid-er]

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verb (used with object)

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.

verb (used without object)

to reconsider a matter.

Origin of reconsider

First recorded in 1565–75; re- + consider

Related formsre·con·sid·er·a·tion, nounun·re·con·sid·ered, adjective

Synonyms for reconsider

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1. rethink, review, reexamine, reevaluate.

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Related Words for reconsider

reevaluate, reexamine, amend, rethink, review, revise, reassess, rehash, retrace, rearrange, emend, polish, rework, correct, replan

Examples 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.
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“The West will have to reconsider its approach towards the PKK,” he said.
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Once upon a time in America, bold social movements pressed us all to reconsider our answer.
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July 15, 2014
Leno immediately sought to have the Senate reconsider the measure, and it could come to a revote this week.
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A British High Court judge has only just last month ordered the government to reconsider its decision.
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Historical Examples of reconsider

Having done that, he sat down again to reconsider the whole matter.
The Secret Agent
Joseph 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 Blood
Rafael Sabatini
The episode had made him reconsider, like a great sickness or a bereavement.
Dreamers of the Ghetto
I. Zangwill
At the end of that time, if he has not arrived, I will reconsider the matter.
The Traitors
E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

British Dictionary definitions for reconsider

reconsider

verb

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

Derived Formsreconsideration, noun

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Word Origin and History for reconsider

1570s, from French reconsidérer and also from re- "back, again" + consider. Related: Reconsidered; reconsidering.