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consideration en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /kənˌsɪd.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English consideracioun, from Old French consideracion, from Latin cōnsīderātiō. By surface analysis, consider + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
   • Consideration of environmental effects is needed when choosing material.
   • In consideration of the day and hour of my birth, it was declared by the nurse, and by some sage women in the neighbourhood who had taken a lively interest in me several months before there was any possibility of our becoming personally acquainted, first, that I was destined to be unlucky in life; and secondly, that I was privileged to see ghosts and spirits; both these gifts inevitably attaching, as they believed, to all unlucky infants of either gender, born towards the small hours on a Friday night. 1850, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in David Copperfield:
2. (countable, uncountable) 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. 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 428:
3. (countable, uncountable) The tendency to consider others and make allowances for their needs or desires.
   • Will you noisy children show some consideration and stop your infernal screaming? I'm trying to study!
   • You showed remarkable consideration in giving up your place for your friend.
4. (countable, uncountable) A payment or other recompense for something done.
   • Sure I'll move my car, but only for a consideration.
   • A Malay here is proving helpful — Syed Omar, who says he's descended from Mohammed — and he's going to take us around. For a consideration, of course, but what the hell! 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 616:
   • The firm you dealt with will go to the courts, and the money, being directly traceable, will be held forfeit as no good consideration passed. 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
5. (countable, uncountable) 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.
6. (countable, uncountable) Importance or regard; a claim to notice or attention.
   • Since his findings are without a foundation in data and a sound analysis thereof, they are nothing but wild and empty claims and do not deserve consideration as a contribution to linguistic and historical studies. 1989 January 14, Werner Winter, “On a new claim concerning substratum influence upon Tocharian”, in Central Asiatic Journal, volume 33, number 1/2, Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISSN, page 132:
   • [...] settled down on a small property he had near Quimper to live for the rest of his days in peace; but the failure of an attorney left him suddenly penniless, and neither he nor his wife was willing to live in penury where they had enjoyed consideration. 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 54”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
   • Money was of no consideration there.

Forms

Deriveds

subconsideration · overconsideration · preconsideration · valuable consideration · offence taken into consideration · take into consideration · nonconsideration · offence to be taken into consideration

Relateds

inconsideration · considerate · considered · consider · ponder · considerateness · reconsideration · considerable

Synonyms

pondering · deliberation · motive · musing · reflection · rethinking · factor · cogitation · contemplation · thought · thought · meditation · mulling · reason · rumination · reconsideration · deliberation

Translations (108)

de Entgelt (legal: something valuable given as recompense for a promise) · pt consideração (tendency to consider others) · de Rücksicht (tendency to consider others) · hu meggondolás (something considered as a reason or ground for a decision) · ca consideració (tendency to consider others) · ca consideració (process of considering) · mi pairuri (tendency to consider others) · hu figyelmesség (tendency to consider others) · ru предупреди́тельность (tendency to consider others) · hu szempont (something considered as a reason or ground for a decision) · fi harkinta (process of considering) · az götür-qoy (process of considering) · ru уваже́ние (tendency to consider others) · af oorweging (process of considering) · de Erwägung (process of considering) · ru ве́жливость (tendency to consider others) · ml പരിഗണന (process of considering) · id pertimbangan (process of considering) · fi palkkio (recompense for something done) · ota دقت (tendency to consider others) · la consideratio (process of considering) · bg обмисляне (process of considering) · sw zingatio (process of considering) · ru соображе́ние (something considered as a reason or ground for a decision) · ota شان (importance, claim to notice, regard) · fi vastike (legal: something valuable given as recompense for a promise) · pt contraprestação (recompense for something done) · sv hänsyn (tendency to consider others) · cy cydnabyddiaeth (legal: something valuable given as recompense for a promise) · nl beraad (process of considering) · ru возмеще́ние (recompense for something done) · de Vergütung (recompense for something done) · ru обсужде́ние (process of considering) · ro considerație (tendency to consider others) · hu díjazás (recompense for something done) · ro considerent (something considered as a reason or ground for a decision) · ru уважи́тельность (tendency to consider others) · mi whaiwhakaaro (something considered as a reason or ground for a decision) · cs úvaha (process of considering) · mi whakaaroarohanga (process of considering) · ota صان (importance, claim to notice, regard) · fi peruste (something considered as a reason or ground for a decision) · hu megfontolás (something considered as a reason or ground for a decision) · id konsiderasi (process of considering) · fr considération (process of considering) · af oorweging (something considered as a reason or ground for a decision) · he תמורה (recompense for something done) · hu figyelembevétel (tendency to consider others) · cmn 對價 /对价 (legal: something valuable given as recompense for a promise) · nl overweging (something considered as a reason or ground for a decision) · hu átgondolás (process of considering) · ro respect (tendency to consider others) · ko 약인 (legal: something valuable given as recompense for a promise) · mk обѕир (process of considering) · nl voorkomendheid (tendency to consider others) · nl overleg (process of considering) · mi mātūtūranga (process of considering) · fi huomaavaisuus (tendency to consider others) · nn betraktning (process of considering) · pdt Bedenkjen (process of considering) · bg съображение (something considered as a reason or ground for a decision) · ru рассмотре́ние (process of considering) · es consideración (process of considering) · ro motiv (something considered as a reason or ground for a decision) · ja 約因 (legal: something valuable given as recompense for a promise) · az mütaliə (process of considering) · hu tényező (something considered as a reason or ground for a decision) · hu indíték (something considered as a reason or ground for a decision) · sq re (process of considering) · hu ellentételezés (legal: something valuable given as recompense for a promise) · fi harkitseminen (process of considering) · pt consideração (process of considering) · nl tegemoetkoming (recompense for something done) · af agting (tendency to consider others) · ru размышле́ние (process of considering) · he התחשבות (tendency to consider others) · ca recompensa (recompense for something done) · nl considerans (something considered as a reason or ground for a decision) · de Gegenleistung (recompense for something done) · ru компенса́ция (recompense for something done) · hu odafigyelés (tendency to consider others) · ota اعتبار (importance, claim to notice, regard) · de Überlegung (process of considering) · ro recompensă (recompense for something done) · hu fizetség (recompense for something done) · hu tekintet (tendency to consider others) · hu megértés (tendency to consider others) · es consideración (tendency to consider others) · af vergoeding (recompense for something done) · bg загриженост (tendency to consider others) · hu előzékenység (tendency to consider others) · ro considerare (process of considering) · cmn 約因 /约因 (legal: something valuable given as recompense for a promise) · fa جعاله (legal: something valuable given as recompense for a promise) · fi korvaus (recompense for something done) · hu mérlegelés (process of considering) · hu körültekintés (tendency to consider others) · fi vastike (recompense for something done) · ru моти́в (something considered as a reason or ground for a decision) · sh promišljanje (process of considering) · it considerazione (process of considering) · ota بال (tendency to consider others) · de Überlegung (something considered as a reason or ground for a decision) · hu ellenérték (legal: something valuable given as recompense for a promise) · hu megfontolás (process of considering) · nb betraktning (process of considering) · hi विचारण (process of considering) · nl vergoeding (recompense for something done)