Consideration | Mean of consideration in English Dictionary

/kənˌsɪdəˈreɪʃən/

• Noun
• careful thought
1. You should give some serious consideration to your retirement plans.
2. After careful consideration, he agreed to their requests.
3. Her suggestion is still under consideration by the committee. [=the people on the committee are still thinking about and discussing her suggestion]
• a desire to avoid doing something that will make another person sad, upset, angry, etc.
1. Show/have some consideration and turn down that radio.
2. He has no consideration for her feelings.
3. Out of consideration for the victim's family, no photos will be shown.
• something that you think about when you make a choice or decision
1. Finding a house close to work was an important consideration for them.
2. Economic/practical considerations forced her to delay her education.
3. The tent weighs 10 pounds, which is no small consideration [=which is something that is important to think about] when you're going to be hiking.

• payment for something
1. She offered to do the job for a small consideration.
2. He charged a small fee in consideration of [=as payment for] his many services.
• to think about (something) before you make a decision or form an opinion
1. We will take your experience into consideration [=we will think about how much experience you have] when we decide who will get the job.
2. Results of the study should be taken into consideration before the medication is prescribed to patients.
3. When you take everything into consideration [=when you think about both the good and bad things], it really wasn't a bad deal.
4. Taking everything into consideration [=all things considered], we're probably better off now.