CONSIDER

think, believe, consider, conceive

(verb) judge or regard; look upon; judge; “I think he is very smart”; “I believe her to be very smart”; “I think that he is her boyfriend”; “The racist conceives such people to be inferior”

see, consider, reckon, view, regard

(verb) deem to be; “She views this quite differently from me”; “I consider her to be shallow”; “I don’t see the situation quite as negatively as you do”

consider

(verb) regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem; “Please consider your family”

consider, take, deal, look at

(verb) take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; “Take the case of China”; “Consider the following case”

consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate

(verb) think about carefully; weigh; “They considered the possibility of a strike”; “Turn the proposal over in your mind”

consider, count, weigh

(verb) show consideration for; take into account; “You must consider her age”; “The judge considered the offender’s youth and was lenient”

view, consider, look at

(verb) look at carefully; study mentally; “view a problem”

regard, consider

(verb) look at attentively

study, consider

(verb) give careful consideration to; “consider the possibility of moving”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

consider (third-person singular simple present considers, present participle considering, simple past and past participle considered)

(transitive) To think about seriously.

Synonyms: bethink, reflect (on)

(intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.

(transitive) To think of doing.

Synonyms: think of, bethink

(ditransitive) To assign some quality to.

Synonyms: deem, regard, think of; see also deem

(transitive) To look at attentively.

Synonyms: regard, observe, Thesaurus:pay attention

(transitive) To take up as an example.

(transitive, parliamentary procedure) To debate (or dispose of) a motion.

Synonyms: deliberate, bethink

To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.

Synonym: take into account

Usage notes

• In sense 3, this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See English catenative verbs.

Anagrams

• considre, decorins

Source: Wiktionary

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Con*sid"er, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Considered; p.pr. & vb.n. Considering.] Etym: [F. considérer, L. considerare, -sideratum, to consider, view attentively, prob. fr. con- + sidus, sideris, star, constellation; orig., therefore, to look at the stars. See Sidereal, and cf. Desire.]

1. To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to thank on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on. I will consider thy testimonies. Ps. cxix. 95. Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind Considered all things visible. Milton.

2. To look at attentively; to observe; to examine. She considereth a field, and buyeth it. Prov. xxxi. 16.

3. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect. Consider, sir, the chance of war: the day Was yours by accident. Shak. England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad. Sir W. Temple.

4. To estamate; to think; to regard; to view. Considered as plays, his works are absurd. Macaulay.

Note: The proper sense of consider is often blended with an idea of the result of considering; as, "Blessed is he that considereth the poor." Ps. xli. 1. ; i.e., considers with sympathy and pity. "Which [services] if I have not enough considered." Shak. ; i.e., requited as the sufficient considering of them would suggest. "Consider him liberally." J. Hooker.

Syn.

– To ponder; weigh; revolve; study; reflect or meditate on; contemplate; examine. See Ponder.

Con*sid"er, v. i.

1. To think seriously; to make examination; to reflect; to deliberate. We will consider of your suit. Shak. 'T were to consider too curiously, to consider so. Shak. She wished she had taken a moment to consider, before rushing down stairs. W. Black

2. To hesitate. [Poetic & R.] Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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