'Consider' definitions:
Definition of 'consider'
From: WordNet
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" [syn: see, consider, reckon, view, regard]
verb
Give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of moving" [syn: study, consider]
verb
Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case" [syn: consider, take, deal, look at]
verb
Show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient" [syn: consider, count, weigh]
verb
Think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind" [syn: consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate]
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" [syn: think, believe, consider, conceive]
verb
Look at attentively [syn: regard, consider]
verb
verb
Regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem; "Please consider your family"
Definition of 'Consider'
From: GCIDE
- Consider \Con*sid"er\ (k[o^]n*s[i^]d"[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Considered (k[o^]n*s[i^]d"[~e]rd); 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. [1913 Webster]
- I will consider thy testimonies. --Ps. cxix. 95. [1913 Webster]
- Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind Considered all things visible. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To look at attentively; to observe; to examine. [1913 Webster]
- She considereth a field, and buyeth it. --Prov. xxxi. 16. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect. [1913 Webster]
- Consider, sir, the chance of war: the day Was yours by accident. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To estimate; to think; to regard; to view. [1913 Webster]
- Considered as plays, his works are absurd. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Consider'
From: GCIDE
- Consider \Con*sid"er\, v. i.
- 1. To think seriously; to make examination; to reflect; to deliberate. [1913 Webster]
- We will consider of your suit. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 'T were to consider too curiously, to consider so. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- She wished she had taken a moment to consider, before rushing down stairs. --W. Black [1913 Webster]
- 2. To hesitate. [Poetic & R.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'consider'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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