under consideration
un·der con·sid·er·a·tion
U u Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [uhn-der kuh n-sid-uh-rey-shuh n]
- /ˈʌn dər kənˌsɪd əˈreɪ ʃən/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [uhn-der kuh n-sid-uh-rey-shuh n]
- /ˈʌn dər kənˌsɪd əˈreɪ ʃən/
Definitions of under consideration words
- adverb under consideration being deliberated 1
- noun under consideration being currently discussed or deliberated 0
- noun under consideration being thought over or discussed 0
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Parts of speech for Under consideration
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
under consideration popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for under consideration
adj under consideration
- for the time being — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- present — being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: increasing respect for the present ruler of the small country.
adjective under consideration
- already — You use already to show that something has happened, or that something had happened before the moment you are referring to. Speakers of British English use already with a verb in a perfect tense, putting it after 'have', 'has', or 'had', or at the end of a clause. Some speakers of American English use already with the simple past tense of the verb instead of a perfect tense.
- commenced — Simple past tense and past participle of commence.
- now — at the present time or moment: You are now using a dictionary.
- nowadays — at the present day; in these times: Few people do their laundry by hand nowadays.
Antonyms for under consideration
preposition under consideration
- continuing — not ended; ongoing
- down — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
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