different between consideration vs refer

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)

1. The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).

   Synonyms: deliberation, thought
2. Something considered as a reason or ground for a (possible) decision.

   Synonyms: factor, motive, reason

3. The tendency to consider others.

4. A payment or other recompense for something done.

5. (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.
6. 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.

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Translations

Middle French

Noun

consideration f (plural considerations)

1. Alternative form of consyderation

English

Etymology

From Middle English referren, from Old French referer, from Latin referre.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: r?-fû, IPA^(key): /???f??/
• (US) enPR: r?-fûr, IPA^(key): /???f?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Hyphenation: re?fer

Verb

refer (third-person singular simple present refers, present participle referring, simple past and past participle referred)

1. (transitive) To direct the attention of.

2. (transitive) To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.

3. (transitive) To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation.

4. (intransitive, construed with to) To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.

5. (Can we add an example for this sense?) (grammar) To be referential to another element in a sentence.
6. (Can we add an example for this sense?) (computing) To address a specific location in computer memory.
7. (education) Required to resit an examination.

Synonyms

• delegate
• direct

Derived terms

• refer to
• refer someone to

Related terms

• reference
• referral
• relate
• relative
• relation
• relationship

Translations

Further reading

• refer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Ferre, Freer, Frere, freer

Catalan

Etymology

re- +? fer (“to do”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /r??fe/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /re?fe?/

Verb

refer (first-person singular present refaig, past participle refet)

1. to redo

Conjugation

Further reading

• “refer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “refer” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “refer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “refer” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Verb

refer

1. second-person singular present active imperative of refer?