Consider Definition
consider
Contents |
English
Alternative forms
- considre (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English consideren, from Middle French considerer, from Latin considerare.
Pronunciation
Verb
consider (third-person singular simple present considers, present participle considering, simple past and past participle considered)
- (transitive) To think about seriously.
- Consider that we’ve had three major events and the year has hardly begun.
- (transitive) To think of doing.
- I’m considering going to the beach tomorrow.
- (transitive) To assign some quality to.
- Consider yourself lucky, but consider your opponent skillful.
- I considered the pie undercooked.
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice:
- "What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy! There is nothing like dancing after all. I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished society."
- (transitive) To look at attentively.
- She sat there for a moment, considering him.
- (transitive) To take up as an example.
- Consider a triangle having three equal sides.
- (transitive, parliamentary procedure) To debate or dispose of a motion.
- This body will now consider the proposed amendments to Section 453 of the zoning code.
Usage notes
- In sense 2, this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs.
Synonyms
- (think about seriously): bethink, reflect on
- (think of doing): think of, bethink
- (assign a quality): deem, regard, think of; see also Wikisaurus:deem
- (look at closely): regard, observe
- (debate a motion): deliberate, bethink
- (include in an estimate or plan): take into account
Related terms
Statistics
- Most common English words before 1923: legal · spread · enter · #967: consider · provided · Rome · twelve
|
[Hide]▼
Consider can refer to:
- Consider (MUD), a capability in some MUDs
- Consider magazine, a student run publication at the University of Michigan
- Consider This, an album by country music singer Aaron Pritchett
- Consider Phlebas, a science fiction novel by Iain M. Banks
- Consideration, a legal concept
- The act of consideration as in Perspective (cognitive)
[Hide]▲