Definition of "consider"

consider

/kənˈsɪdə/

verb
third-person singular simple present considers, present participle considering, simple past and past participle considered
1. (transitive) To think about seriously.
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  Thenceforth to speculations high or deep / I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind / Considered all things visible.
  1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,
  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.
  2014 March 15, “Turn it off”, in The Economist, volume 410, number 8878
2. (intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.
3. (transitive) To think of doing.
4. (ditransitive) To assign some quality to.
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  "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."
  1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
  ‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘An Alsatia like the ancient one behind the Strand, or the Saffron Hill before the First World War. […]’
  1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess‎
5. (transitive) To look at attentively.
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  She considereth a field, and buyeth it.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Proverbs 31:16
6. (transitive) To take up as an example.
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  Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.
  2013 June 14, Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 37
7. (transitive, parliamentary procedure) To debate (or dispose of) a motion.
8. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.
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  Consider, sir, the chance of war: the day / Was yours by accident.
  1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, scene v]
  England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad.
  February 21, 1679, William Temple, letter to the Lord Treasurer
9. To believe or opine (that).
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  Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, […] .
  1922, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest‎
  What is clear is that the courts in both Alberta and Ontario consider that there must be some preliminary assessment of the evidence of alleged breaches of the relevant Act when considering whether a freeze order is justified at the investigation stage.
  2021 October 1, J. Susan Griffin, “Party A v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2021 BCCA 358”, in CanLII‎, retrieved 3 October 2021

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