consider

Verb

Verb Forms: considered, considering, considers

• To think about carefully; to take into account.
• deem to be
  • "I consider her to be shallow"
• give careful consideration to
  • "consider the possibility of moving"
• take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
  • "Consider the following case"
• show consideration for; take into account
  • "You must consider her age"
  • "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"
• think about carefully; weigh
  • "They considered the possibility of a strike"
• judge or regard; look upon; judge
• look at attentively
• look at carefully; study mentally
• regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem
  • "Please consider your family"
• To think about seriously.
• To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.
• To think of doing.
• To assign some quality to.
• To look at attentively.
• To take up as an example.
• To debate (or dispose of) a motion.
• To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.
• To believe or opine (that).

Examples

• Consider a triangle having three equal sides.
• Consider that we’ve had three major events and the year has hardly begun.
• Consider yourself lucky, but consider your opponent skillful.
• He had to CONSIDER all possible plays before making his final Scrabble move.
• He never seems to consider the feelings of others.
• How can you know everything about everything, if you won't consider any dissent?
• I consider you (to be) an excellent friend.
• I considered the pie undercooked.
• I’m considering going to the beach tomorrow.
• She sat there for a moment, considering him.
• This body will now consider the proposed amendments to Section 453 of the zoning code.

Synonyms

believe, conceive, count, deal, debate, deliberate, look at, moot, reckon, regard, see, study, take, think, turn over, view, weigh, account, afterthink, agitate, attend, bethink, call to mind, chew, chew over, chew the cud, clock, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deem, dub, esteem, find, give heed, heed, hold, interpret, introspect, judge, let in on, look upon, mark, meditate, mind, mull, mull over, muse, notice, observe, pass, pay attention, pay heed, pick up what someone is putting down, ponder, privy, quander, reconsider, reflect, regard as, rethink, revolve, ruminate, second-guess, take heed, take into account, take note, take notice, think of, think over, view as

Related Words

all things considered, consider it done, considerable, considerate, consideration, considerer, reconsider