Consider
[kən'sɪdə] or [kən'sɪdɚ]
Definition
(verb.) regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem; 'Please consider your family'.
(verb.) take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; 'Take the case of China'; 'Consider the following case'.
(verb.) think about carefully; weigh; 'They considered the possibility of a strike'; 'Turn the proposal over in your mind'.
(verb.) show consideration for; take into account; 'You must consider her age'; 'The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient'.
Checker: Trent--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.
(v. t.) To look at attentively; to observe; to examine.
(v. t.) To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.
(v. t.) To estimate; to think; to regard; to view.
(v. i.) To think seriously; to make examination; to reflect; to deliberate.
(v. i.) To hesitate.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Contemplate, ponder, study, examine, weigh, mind, heed, mark, reflect upon, be attentive to, give or pay attention to, give heed to, take into consideration, give a thought to, keep in view.[2]. Respect, regard, consult, care for, have regard to, have reference to, take into account.
v. n. Deliberate, reflect, meditate, ponder, ruminate, muse, cogitate, think, take thought, cast about.
Checked by Hank
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Attend, revolve, meditate, think, reflect, investigate, regard, observe, judge,opine, infer, deduce, weigh, cogitate, deliberate, ponder, deem
ANT:Disregard, ignore, pretermit, despise, guess, conjecture, hazard
Checker: Olga
Definition
v.t. to look at closely or carefully: to think or deliberate on: to take into account: to attend to: to reward.—v.i. to think seriously or carefully: to deliberate.—adj. Consid′erable worthy of being considered: important: more than a little.—n. Consid′erableness.—adv. Consid′erably.—n. Consid′erance (Shak.) consideration.—adjs. Consid′erāte Consid′erative (obs.) thoughtful: serious: prudent: thoughtful for the feelings of others.—adv. Consid′erately.—ns. Consid′erateness thoughtfulness for others; Considerā′tion deliberation: importance: motive or reason: compensation reward: the reason or basis of a compact: (law) the thing given or done or abstained from by agreement with another and in view of that other giving doing or abstaining from something.—prep. Consid′ering in view of: seeing that.—adv. Consid′eringly with consideration.
Editor: Theresa
Examples
- We can here consider only a few cases; of these, some of the most difficult to explain are presented by fish. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- And where are the open questions: the issues that everybody should consider, the problems that scientists should study? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- My mind being made up, after that circumstance, I had two questions to consider next. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- This leads us to consider the fifth source of authority, viz. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- When he had spoken some sound words of sympathy and encouragement, we sat down to consider the question, What was to be done? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Put me down for anything you may consider right, and let me know. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Consider, she added, that when the money is once parted with, it never can return. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- There are many others that have to be considered with it. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Holmes considered for a moment. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- My rescue from this kind of existence I considered quite hopeless, and abandoned, as such, altogether. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- While there are several distinct parts of this device, each having its individual function, they may be considered as a whole under the general term of the escapement. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The gold-headed cane is farcical considered as an acknowledgment to me; but happily I am above mercenary considerations. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- That stupendous character looked at him, in the course of his official looking at the dinners, in a manner that Mr Dorrit considered questionable. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- We were aware, I answered, that the malady was considered infectious. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I'm frank and open; considering all things, it was very kind of you to allude to the circumstance--very kind and polite. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I asked, after again considering the subject. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Oliver was just considering whether he hadn't better run away, when they reached the bottom of the hill. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- That's very kind of him, considering the battering I gave him yesterday. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- She had a singular insight into life, considering that she had never mixed with it. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Considering everything, I think a letter will be decidedly the best method of explanation. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- That this cannot take place in modes, is evident from considering their mature. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Mrs. Badger considers it too yellow. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He considers what the land will cost him, in tax and price together. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A brilliant liter ary man of the present day considers that places in the first ranks of literature are reserved for the doctrinally heterodox. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- As to Twemlow, he is so sensible of being a much better bred man than Veneering, that he considers the large man an offensive ass. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If he considers himself above it,' said Miss Bella, with an airy toss of her head, 'I should leave him alone. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Sir Leicester considers himself evoked out of the sanctuary by these remarks. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He had done nothing exceptional in marrying--nothing but what society sanctions, and considers an occasion for wreaths and bouquets. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Edited by Candice