Definitions for consider

Definitions for (verb) consider

Main entry: think, believe, conceive, consider

Definition: judge or regard; look upon; judge

Usage: 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


Main entry: reckon, regard, consider, view, see

Definition: deem to be

Usage: 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


Main entry: consider

Definition: regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem

Usage: Please consider your family


Main entry: take, look at, consider, deal

Definition: take into consideration for exemplifying purposes

Usage: Take the case of China; Consider the following case


Main entry: debate, deliberate, consider, moot, turn over

Definition: think about carefully; weigh

Usage: They considered the possibility of a strike; Turn the proposal over in your mind


Main entry: count, consider, weigh

Definition: show consideration for; take into account

Usage: You must consider her age; The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient


Main entry: look at, consider, view

Definition: look at carefully; study mentally

Usage: view a problem


Main entry: regard, consider

Definition: look at attentively


Main entry: consider, study

Definition: give careful consideration to

Usage: consider the possibility of moving


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