consideration
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consideration
- /kənˌsɪd.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle English consideracioun, from Old French consideracion, from Latin cōnsīderātiō. By surface analysis, consider + -ation.
noun considerations
- The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition). After much consideration, I have decided to stay.
- Something considered as a reason or ground for a (possible) decision. Speculations about the possible entire reconstruction of society give the intellectual fare much more to his taste than the more practical and short-run considerations of those who aim at a piecemeal improvement of the existing order.
- The tendency to consider others and make allowances for their needs or desires. You showed remarkable consideration in giving up your place for your friend.
- A payment or other recompense for something done. Sure I'll move my car, but only for a consideration.
- A matter of inducement for something promised; something valuable given as recompense for a promise, which causes the promise to become binding as a contract. In consideration of the performance of B's obligations hereunder, A hereby grants to B's personal license.
- Importance or regard; a claim to notice or attention. Money was of no consideration there.
Similar: cogitation, contemplation, deliberation, mulling, musing, pondering, meditation, reflection, rethinking, reconsideration, rumination, thought