Consideration
[kənsɪdə'reɪʃ(ə)n] or [kən,sɪdə'reʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a considerate and thoughtful act.
(noun.) kind and considerate regard for others; 'he showed no consideration for her feelings'.
(noun.) the process of giving careful thought to something.
(noun.) a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting); 'consideration of the traffic problem took more than an hour'.
Inputed by Elizabeth--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.
(n.) Attentive respect; appreciative regard; -- used especially in diplomatic or stately correspondence.
(n.) Thoughtful or sympathetic regard or notice.
(n.) Claim to notice or regard; some degree of importance or consequence.
(n.) The result of delibration, or of attention and examonation; matured opinion; a reflection; as, considerations on the choice of a profession.
(n.) That which is, or should be, taken into account as a ground of opinion or action; motive; reason.
(n.) The cause which moves a contracting party to enter into an agreement; the material cause of a contract; the price of a stripulation; compensation; equivalent.
Edited by Angelina
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Attention, notice, heed, regard, reflection, deliberation, meditation, serious thought, contemplation.[2]. Importance, consequence, weight, moment, import, significance.[3]. Reason, motive, ground, account, score, sake, cause.
Edited by Fergus
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Importance, suspect, consequence, motive, inducement, compensation, subsidy,remuneration
ANT:Meanness, insignificance, unimportance
Edited by Cary
Examples
- Yet this consideration does not, or rather did not in after time, diminish the reproaches of my conscience. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Such an imagination has crossed me, I own, Emma; and if it never occurred to you before, you may as well take it into consideration now. Jane Austen. Emma.
- After some consideration I decided on writing to the Arnolds, in Yorkshire. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I believe you are right, Fanny, was his reply, after a short consideration. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- But I never had any grudge against him, because he was so able in his line, and as long as my part was successful the money with me was a secondary consideration. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I will go back to my old work--if you want me, and if you will trust me--on that consideration, and on no other. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Mrs. Shelby smiled as she saw a prostrate lot of chickens and ducks, over which Chloe stood, with a very grave face of consideration. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I never go there, said Mr. Jarndyce (which he never did on any consideration). Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is a melancholy consideration. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The eclipse was, however, the prime consideration, and Edison followed the example of his colleagues in making ready. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Finally, the fuel consumption is reduced, which in the case of the Eastern plants, with their relatively costly coke, is a very important consideration. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- And here the second consideration presents itself. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- That is,' the consideration checked him, 'till I have said all I mean to say, and then I don't care how soon we stop. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- But that consideration, as you may have noticed, has no influence with Lady Glyde. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- His authority and consideration depend very much upon the respect which this society bears to him. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The gold-headed cane is farcical considered as an acknowledgment to me; but happily I am above mercenary considerations. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The same principle has application on the side of the considerations which concern the relations of one nation to another. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I cannot but in some sense admit the force of this reasoning, which I yet hope to traverse by the following considerations. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But the light of that day's discovery, shining on these considerations, roused him to take a more decided course of action. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The ethical considerations do not concern us here. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- At the point at which matters had now arrived, I rose superior to all considerations of mere expediency. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Like considerations would apply to railways, antiseptic surgery, or friction matches. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The same considerations apply to the value of a study or a topic of a study with reference to its motivating force. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- May it not have been from such considerations that the ancient philosophers supposed a sphere of fire to exist above the air of our atmosphere? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- These private considerations, combined with political reasons, fixed his resolution of separating the cousins. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Whatever considerations I may have thought of against this offer, I have conquered, and I make it with all my heart. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In the day of a future judgment, these very considerations may make it more tolerable for him than for you. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- They may possibly clash with more imperative considerations. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- We state these considerations here merely as suggestions that have been made of the way in which the association of seedtime and sacrifice arose. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As these considerations occurred to her in painful succession, she wept for him, more than for herself. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
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