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What's The Definition Of Consider?
[v] 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"
[v] consider or deem to be; regard; "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" [v] regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem; "Please consider your family" [v] consider, as of an example; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case" [v] think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind" [v] show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient" [v] look at carefully; study mentally; "view a problem" [v] look at attentively [v] give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of moving" Synonyms | Synonyms for Consider: believe | conceive | count | deal | debate | deliberate | look at | look at | moot | regard | take | think | turn over | view | weigh Related Terms | Find terms related to Consider: account | account as | adjudge | adjudicate | admit | admit exceptions | air | allow | allow for | analyze | assume | be abstracted | be afraid | be concerned | be judicious | be thoughtful of | bear in mind | believe | brood | canvass | care | chew over | chew the cud | cogitate | comment upon | concede | conceive | conclude | consider the circumstances | consider the source | contemplate | controvert | count | credit | daresay | deal with | debate | deduce | deem | deliberate | deliberate over | deliberate upon | digest | discount | discourse about | discuss | disregard | divine | dream | entertain thoughts of | envisage | envision | esteem | estimate | examine | exchange views | excogitate | exercise judgment | expect | express an opinion | eye | fancy | feel | form an opinion | gather | gauge | go into | grant | guess | handle | harbor an idea | have a hunch | have an idea | have an impression | have an inkling | have in mind | have regard for | have the idea | have thoughts about | heed | hold | hold an idea | hold as | hold the thought | imagine | infer | inspect | introspect | investigate | judge | keep in mind | knock around | let | let be | lift temporarily | look at | look upon | look upon as | maintain | make allowance for | mark | meditate | mind | mull over | muse | new | note | observe | opine | pass under review | pay attention | perpend | pine | play around with | play with | ponder | prefigure | presume | presuppose | presurmise | provide for | provisionally accept | rap | rate | reason | reason about | reason the point | reck | reckon | reckon with | reflect | reflect upon | regard | relax | relax the condition | repute | respect | review | revolve | rule | ruminate | ruminate over | say | scan | scrutinize | see | sense | set aside | set down as | sift | speculate | study | suppose | surmise | suspect | take | take account of | take an interest | take for | take for granted | take into account | take into consideration | take it | take to be | take up | talk | talk about | talk of | talk over | think | think about | think of | think over | thresh out | toy with | treat | trow | understand | ventilate | view | view as | waive | ween | weigh See Also | abstract | analyse | analyze | appreciate | call | canvass | capitalise | capitalize | chew over | compare | consider | consult | contemplate | contemplate | dally | deem | discuss | disesteem | disrespect | equate | esteem | examine | excogotate | expect | favor | favour | feel | hold | idealise | idealize | identify | include | judge | like | liken | look | look on | look upon | make | meditate | mull | mull over | muse | play | ponder | premeditate | prise | prize | reckon | reconsider | reflect | regard | regard as | reify | relativise | relativize | repute | respect | rethink | ruminate | see | see | speculate | study | take counsel | take for | take to be | talk over | think about | think of | think over | think twice | treasure | trifle | value | view | view as | warm to | wrestle Consider In Webster's Dictionary \Con*sid"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Considered}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Considering}.] [F. consid['e]rer, 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 think 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 estimate; 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. |
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