consider
/kənˈsɪd.ə/
Meaning
To think about seriously.
To take up as an example.
To believe or opine (that).
To think about seriously.
To look at attentively.
To think about whether one will do (an action); to weigh as a possible course of action.
To debate (or dispose of) a motion.
To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.
To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.
To assign some quality to.
To believe or opine (that).
To think about seriously.
To look at attentively.
To think about whether one will do (an action); to weigh as a possible course of action.
To debate (or dispose of) a motion.
To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.
To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.
To assign some quality to.
Examples
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.
If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast’s status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry.
I’m considering going to the beach tomorrow.
Word Forms
considers
considering
considered
considre
Etymology
From Middle English consideren, from Middle French considerer, from Latin considerare.