consider Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb deem to be
    reckon; see; regard; view.
    • 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
  2. verb give careful consideration to
    study.
    • consider the possibility of moving
  3. verb take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
    look at; deal; take.
    • Take the case of China
    • Consider the following case
  4. verb show consideration for; take into account
    count; weigh.
    • You must consider her age
    • The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient
  5. verb think about carefully; weigh
    moot; deliberate; turn over; debate.
    • They considered the possibility of a strike
    • Turn the proposal over in your mind
  6. verb judge or regard; look upon; judge
    conceive; believe; think.
    • 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
  7. verb look at attentively
    regard.
  8. verb look at carefully; study mentally
    look at; view.
    • view a problem
  9. verb regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem
    • Please consider your family

WordNet

Con*sid"er transitive verb
Etymology
F. considérer, 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.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Considered ; present participle & verbal noun Considering
Definitions
  1. To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to thank on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.
    I will consider thy testimonies. Ps. cxix. 95.
    Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind Considered all things visible. Milton.
  2. To look at attentively; to observe; to examine.
    She considereth a field, and buyeth it. Prov. xxxi. 16.
  3. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.
    Consider, sir, the chance of war: the day Was yours by accident. Shak.
    England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad. Sir W. Temple.
  4. To estamate; to think; to regard; to view.
    Considered as plays, his works are absurd. Macaulay.
    ✍ 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.
Con*sid"er intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To think seriously; to make examination; to reflect; to deliberate.
    We will consider of your suit. Shak.
    'T were to consider too curiously, to consider so. Shak.
    She wished she had taken a moment to consider, before rushing down stairs. W. Black
  2. To hesitate. Poetic & R. Dryden.

Webster 1913