Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

re-consider

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.79 in modern English

Syllables: re--con-sid-er
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of reconsider.

Example Sentences

"After wandering along the lane for two hours, giving way to every variety of thought; re-considering events, determining probabilities, and reconciling herself as well as she could, to a change so sudden and so important, fatigue, and a recollection of her long absence, made her at length return home; […]"
"September 30, 1864, rule to show cause why sentence in this case should not be re-considered. October 6, 1864, the court re-considered the sentence in the case of William Mulligan and Edward Russell, and reduce the imprisonment to six months, from date of former sentence."
"Following on, our collection re-considers the politics of the so-called ‘Dark Ages’, unearthing the remarkably complex deliberative mechanisms and elective practices at work within the various Islamic empires, as well as in medieval Iceland and Venice."

Inflected Forms

re-considers (present, singular) re-considering (participle, present) re-considered (participle, past) re-considered (past)

Questions

What does re-consider mean?: Alternative form of reconsider.

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