CONSIDERING
Verb
considering
present participle of consider
Noun
considering (plural considerings)
Consideration.
Adverb
considering (comparative more considering, superlative most considering)
(informal) Given the circumstances.
Preposition
considering
Taking into account.
Synonyms
• in view of
Source: Wiktionary
CONSIDER
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