No. 4,104 in French
considérant
"Considérant" means "considering" or "taking into account."
In a sentence
Considérant les problèmes techniques, nous devons reporter la réunion.
Considering the technical issues, we need to postpone the meeting.
Used as a participle to introduce a premise or reasoning.
Ils sont arrivés à cette conclusion en considérant toutes les données disponibles.
They arrived at this conclusion by considering all the available data.
Used as a gerund to describe an action taken into account.
Son comportement considèrant les circonstances était compréhensible.
His behavior considering the circumstances was understandable.
Used as an adjectival clause to qualify a subject and provide context.
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