To consider something again, especially with a view to changing a decision or judgment.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- reconsider a decision
- reconsider a proposal
On the page
The committee reconsidered the decision but retained its conclusion.
The author reconsidered the proposal after reading the objection.
Nearby words
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Word forms
- Base
- reconsider
- Past tense
- reconsidered
- Past participle
- reconsidered
- Present participle
- reconsidering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- reconsider
- Present continuous
- am/is/are reconsidering
- Present perfect
- have/has reconsidered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been reconsidering
- Past
- reconsidered
- Past continuous
- was/were reconsidering
- Past perfect
- had reconsidered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been reconsidering
- Future
- will reconsider
- Future continuous
- will be reconsidering
- Future perfect
- will have reconsidered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been reconsidering
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: reconsider; reconsiders; reconsidered; reconsidered; reconsidering Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: renewed assessment, explicit formulation, classification and framing. Disciplines: academic writing, formal analysis. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: reconsiders.
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