'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
Look at carefully; study mentally; "view a problem" [syn: view, consider, look at]
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

Words containing 'Consider'