consider
(verb)
verb
1. deem to be
- I consider her to be shallow
Similar word(s): reckon, regard, see, view
Definition categories: cognition, believe, conceive, consider, think
2. give careful consideration to
- consider the possibility of moving
Similar word(s): study
Definition categories: perception, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate
3. take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- Consider the following case
Definition categories: cognition
4. show consideration for; take into account
- You must consider her age
- The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient
Definition categories: communication
5. think about carefully; weigh
- They considered the possibility of a strike
Similar word(s): debate, deliberate, moot
Definition categories: communication, discuss
6. judge or regard; look upon; judge
Similar word(s): believe, conceive, think
Definition categories: cognition, evaluate, judge
7. look at attentively
Similar word(s): regard
Definition categories: perception, look
8. look at carefully; study mentally
Similar word(s): view
Definition categories: perception, analyse, analyze, canvass, examine, study
9. regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem
- Please consider your family
Definition categories: cognition, consider, reckon, regard, see, view
Sentences with consider as a verb:
- Consider that we’ve had three major events and the year has hardly begun.
- I’m considering going to the beach tomorrow.
- Consider yourself lucky, but consider your opponent skillful.
- I considered the pie undercooked.
- She sat there for a moment, considering him.
- Consider a triangle having three equal sides.
- This body will now consider the proposed amendments to Section 453 of the zoning code.