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RECONSIDER

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing

Example:

Won't you reconsider your decision?

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "reconsider" is one way to...):

consider; reckon; regard; see; view (deem to be)

Verb group:

reconsider (consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, with a view to altering it)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

Derivation:

reconsideration (thinking again about a choice previously made)

reconsideration (a consideration of a topic (as in a meeting) with a view to changing an earlier decision)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, with a view to altering it

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "reconsider" is one way to...):

consider; reckon; regard; see; view (deem to be)

Verb group:

reconsider (consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing)

Domain category:

lawmaking; legislating; legislation (the act of making or enacting laws)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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