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consideration
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French consideracion, from Latin c?ns?der?ti?. Synchronically analyzable as consider +? -ation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?s?d???e???n/
- Hyphenation: con?sid?er?ation
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
consideration (countable and uncountable, plural considerations)
- The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).
- Synonyms: deliberation, thought
- Something considered as a reason or ground for a (possible) decision.
- Synonyms: factor, motive, reason
- The tendency to consider others.
- A payment or other recompense for something done.
- (law) 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.
- Importance, claim to notice, regard.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 54
- [...] 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. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 54
Related terms
Translations
Middle French
Noun
consideration f (plural considerations)
- Alternative form of consyderation
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inclination
English
Etymology
From Middle English inclinacioun, inclinacyon, from Old French inclination and Latin incl?n?ti?.Morphologically incline +? -ation
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n.kl??ne?.??n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
inclination (countable and uncountable, plural inclinations)
- A physical tilt or bend.
- A slant or slope.
- A mental tendency.
- (geometry) The angle of intersection of a reference plane
- (obsolete) A person or thing loved or admired.
- c. 1672-1679, William Temple, Memoirs
- you make will be a Discovery of your Inclinations
- c. 1771, John Adams, speaking in a trial
- Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
- c. 1672-1679, William Temple, Memoirs
Synonyms
- (slant or slope): incline, inclining, steepness
- (tendency): leaning, proclivity, propensity
Derived terms
- inclinational
Related terms
- inclinable
- incline
- inclined plane
- inclinometer
Translations
Anagrams
- anilinction
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin incl?n?ti?, incl?n?ti?nem. See also inclinaison.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.kli.na.sj??/
Noun
inclination f (plural inclinations)
- inclination (all senses)
Related terms
- incliner
Further reading
- “inclination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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