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reconsider

UK/ˈɹiːkənˌsɪdə//ˈɹikənˌsɪdɚ/

reconsider verb: to consider a matter again.

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?
    • The two local leaders are far from alone in reconsidering the technology. Dozens of cities across the state — including Mountain View, Santa Cruz and Los Altos — are cancelling their contracts with Flock due to data sharing concerns.2026 July 27, Maya Nelson, “Across the state, communities are taking down Flock Safety cameras. Could Shasta be next?”, in Shasta Scout, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2026
  2. (informal) To change one's mind, with or without actually considering the matter again.

reconsider meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam and Kannada

reconsider in Hindi

पुनर्विचार करना

reconsider in Marathi

फेरविचार करावा, पुनर्विचार करणे

reconsider in Malayalam

review, rethink, revise
പുനരാലോചിക്കുക, വീണ്ടും പരിഗണിക്കുക, പുനഃപരിശോധനിക്കുക, പുനശ്ചിന്തനവിധേയമാക്കുക, പുനരവലോകനം നടത്തുക, പരിശോധിച്ചു പിഴതിരുത്തുക

reconsider in Kannada

ಮಾರೋರು, ಮತ್ತೆ ಉನ್ನಿಸು, ಪುನಃ ಪರಿಶೀಲಿಸು, ಮರುವಿಚಾರಣೆ ಮಾಡು
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reconsider in Nepali
पुनर्विचार गर्नुहोस्

Examples of reconsider in a sentence

  • My boss urged me to reconsider my decision to leave the company, even offering a pay rise.
  • Those who have been cracking up the agricultural industry will hopefully reconsider their denigration of it.
  • He really took it to heart when I asked him to reconsider.

All 27 example sentences with reconsider

Synonyms of reconsider

Forms of reconsider

third-person singular presentreconsiders
present participlereconsidering
past participlereconsidered
pastreconsidered
alternative formre-consider

Past tense of reconsider: reconsidered

Origin of reconsider

From re- + consider.

Words formed from reconsider

Questions about reconsider

What does reconsider mean?
Reconsider means to consider a matter again.
What is reconsider in Hindi?
Reconsider in Hindi is पुनर्विचार करना. See Reconsider meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is reconsider?
Reconsider is a verb.
How do you pronounce reconsider?
Reconsider is pronounced /ˈɹiːkənˌsɪdə/ (UK).
What is the past tense of reconsider?
The past tense of reconsider is reconsidered.

Words near reconsider in the dictionary

  1. reconservation
  2. reconserve
  3. reconserved
  4. reconserves
  5. reconserving
  6. reconsider
  7. reconsideration
  8. reconsiderations
  9. reconsidered
  10. reconsiderer
  11. reconsiderers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: reconsider (page history and authors); reconsider (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reconsider (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reconsider (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); reconsider (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reconsider (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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