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reconsidering

reconsidering is the present participle and gerund of reconsider.

Meaning of reconsider

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.

Questions about reconsidering

What is reconsidering the present participle and gerund of?
Reconsidering is the present participle and gerund of reconsider.

Words near reconsidering in the dictionary

  1. reconsideration
  2. reconsiderations
  3. reconsidered
  4. reconsiderer
  5. reconsiderers
  6. reconsidering
  7. reconsiders
  8. reconsign
  9. reconsigned
  10. reconsigning
  11. reconsignment

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reconsidering (page history and authors); reconsider (page history and authors). 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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