consider

Verb

1. To think about seriously.
   • Consider that we’ve had three major events and the year has hardly begun.
   • How can you know everything about everything, if you won't consider any dissent?
   • Thenceforth to speculations high or deep / I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind / Considered all things visible. - 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to...

   Synonyms: bethink reflect take afterthink agitate call to mind chew chew over chew the cud cogitate consider contemplate deliberate introspect mull mull over muse overthink ponder meditate quander rethink reconsider revolve

2. To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.

   Synonyms: afterthink agitate bethink call to mind chew chew over chew the cud cogitate consider contemplate deliberate introspect mull mull over muse overthink ponder meditate quander reflect rethink reconsider revolve ruminate

3. To think about whether one will do (an action); to weigh as a possible course of action.
   • I’m considering going to the beach tomorrow.

   Synonyms: think of bethink

4. To assign some quality to.
   • Consider yourself lucky, but consider your opponent skillful.
   • I considered the pie undercooked.
   • I consider you (to be) an excellent friend.

   Synonyms: deem regard think of account appraise count esteem see censure consider hold dub find interpret judge look upon regard as respect view as

5. To look at attentively.
   • She sat there for a moment, considering him.
   • She considereth a field, and buyeth it. - 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 31:16:

   Synonyms: regard observe attend clock consider give heed heed let in on mark mind notice pass pay attention pay heed pick up what someone is putting down privy take heed take note take notice

6. To take up as an example.
   • Consider a triangle having three equal sides.
   • Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word...

   Synonyms: take

7. To debate (or dispose of) a motion.
   • This body will now consider the proposed amendments to Section 453 of the zoning code.

   Synonyms: deliberate bethink

8. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.
   • He never seems to consider the feelings of others.
   • Consider, sir, the chance of war: the day / Was yours by accident. - 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, &...
   • February 21, 1679, William Temple, letter to the Lord Treasurer England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad.

   Synonyms: take into account hear

9. To believe or opine (that).
   • Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and...
   • What is clear is that the courts in both Alberta and Ontario consider that there must be some preliminary assessment of the evidence of alleged breaches of the relevant Act when considering whether a freeze order is...