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all things considered

all things considered

28 3.7
You say this after thinking about all parts of a situation
  • idiom
: considerándolo todo
  • All things considered, it's probably best if I get out here.

So all things considered, the best judge of this, it's you.

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Examples

  • That is not a bad pass, actually, all things considered, pretty happy with how that came out.

  • I think that went quite well, all things considered.

    Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)

  • So all things considered, the best judge of this, it's you.

    Big Think

  • The research ask them questions like, all things considered, how happy would you say you are?

    Patrick Boyle

  • It's actually not a bad idea, all things considered.

    All My Life (2020)

  • The operation went pretty well, all things considered.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • All things considered, I think he took that quite well.

    Missing Link (2019)

  • All things considered, I think she's doing pretty well.

    Terrifier 2 (2022)

  • You know, Gordy, all things considered, maybe my gift isn't so bad after all.

    Nope (2022)

  • All things considered, all things considered, it was a successful event despite the challenges.

Synonyms

all in all
vsall things considered
85 3.2

A way to say you have thought about everything

focuses on considering every aspect rather than a narrow result
altogether
vsall things considered
38 3.0

In total when you add everything

means weighing aspects and context rather than summing amounts
in the final analysis
vsall things considered
  • Formal
19 4.1

After thinking about everything, what matters most is clear

stresses a final, ultimate judgment rather than a general summary
net-net
vsall things considered
  • Jargon
4 8.4

After looking at everything, the overall result is clear

emphasizes considering all aspects, not just the final tally
tout ensemble
vsall things considered
  • Formal
9.9

When you think about everything together

is identical in meaning but differs only in wording

Antonyms

to disregard
106 3.9

Ignore something or someone on purpose

Surface Forms

all things considered positive

Morphology

all + thing + considered

The meaning 'taking everything into account' is transparently built from 'all' (the whole), 'things' (matters/items), and 'considered' (taken into account), so a learner who knows the constituents can compose the overall sense. This is a common, compositional evaluative phrase with close equivalents in many languages, making it readily understandable to a B1 learner.

Etymology

All things considered may come from the image of someone gathering all things, meaning all the facts, onto a table to be considered together. That's why it means 'taking everything into account' or 'after thinking about everything'.