consider
/kʌnsˈɪdɝ/
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Definitions
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"
Verb
give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of moving"
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take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"
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show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender''s youth and was lenient"
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think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"
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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"
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look at attentively
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look at carefully; study mentally; "view a problem"
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regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem; "Please consider your family"
Synonyms
believe
conceive
count
deal
debate
deliberate
look at
moot
reckon
regard
see
study
take
think
turn over
view
weigh
More General Terms
analyse
analyze
believe
canvas
canvass
chew over
conceive
consider
contemplate
discuss
evaluate
examine
excogitate
hash out
judge
look
meditate
mull
mull over
muse
pass judgment
ponder
reckon
reflect
regard
ruminate
see
speculate
study
talk over
think
think about
think over
view
More Specific Terms
abstract
appreciate
call
capitalise
capitalize
compare
consider
contemplate
dally
debate
deem
disesteem
disrespect
equate
esteem
expect
factor
factor in
factor out
favor
favour
feel
groak
hold
idealise
idealize
identify
include
like
liken
look on
look upon
make
play
premeditate
prise
prize
receive
reckon
reconsider
regard
regard as
reify
relativise
relativize
repute
respect
rethink
see
take for
take to be
think
think of
think twice
treasure
trifle
value
view
view as
warm to
wrestle