Being thought about or discussed, as in Your application is under consideration; we'll let you know next week. This idiom was first recorded in 1665.
under consideration
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
now in consideration or under discussion
Synonyms: at issue, in dispute, in hand, in question
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