Dictionary

consider en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /kənˈsɪd.ə/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
• [kənˈsɪɾ.ɚ] (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈkən.sɪ.ɖə(r)/ (South-Asia)
• (California) audio
• [kn̩ˈsɪɾ.ɚ] (Canada, General-American)
• /kənˈsɪd.əɹ/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English consideren, from Middle French considerer, from Latin considerare.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To think about seriously.
   • 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:
   • 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], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
   • How can you know everything about everything, if you won't consider any dissent?
   • Consider that we’ve had three major events and the year has hardly begun.
2. (intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.
3. (transitive) To think about whether one will do (an action); to weigh as a possible course of action.
   • I’m considering going to the beach tomorrow.
4. (ditransitive) To assign some quality to.
   • "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 considered the pie undercooked.
   • I consider you (to be) an excellent friend.
   • Isaacson reports that Musk’s fractured relationship with Jenna, who is trans, partly led to Musk’s rightward turn toward libertarianism and questioning what he considers the “woke-mind-virus, which is fundamentally antiscience, antimerit, and antihuman.” 2023 September 12, Paul Glader, “Four takeaways from Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk”, in CNN:
   • ‘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: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
   • Consider yourself lucky, but consider your opponent skillful.
5. (transitive) To look at attentively.
   • She considereth a field, and buyeth it. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 31:16:
   • She sat there for a moment, considering him.
6. (transitive) To take up as an example.
   • Consider a triangle having three equal sides.
   • 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) To debate (or dispose of) a motion.
   • This body will now consider the proposed amendments to Section 453 of the zoning code.
8. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.
   • He never seems to consider the feelings of others.
   • February 21, 1679, William Temple, letter to the Lord Treasurer England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad.
   • 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, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:
9. To believe or opine (that).
   • 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 03 Oct 2021:
   • 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,[…]. 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

preconsider · misconsider · considerability · overconsider · underconsider · foreconsider · disconsider · kinsider

Relateds

considerate · reconsider · considerer · all things considered · considerable · consider it done · consideration

Synonyms

quander · regard · regard · chew the cud · heed · revolve · meditate · consider · attend · pay heed · dub · chew · contemplate · view as · chew over · reconsider · bethink · afterthink · mull over · deliberate · chew over · chew the cud · esteem · consider · hear · overthink · consider · introspect · muse · take note · take · bethink · clock · ponder · let in on · look upon · take heed · ruminate · mull over · afterthink · call to mind · consider · reflect · reflect · think of · think of · find · pass · second-guess · privy · take notice · pay attention · hold · rethink · contemplate · mull · rethink · deliberate · introspect · bethink · bethink · mind · cogitate · see · bethink · overthink · account · chew · mark · think over · second-guess · mull · interpret · revolve · count · cogitate · appraise · respect · meditate · think · call to mind · quander · regard · muse · judge · agitate · deem · give heed · think over · deliberate · pick up what someone is putting down · agitate · censure · take into account · take · deem · ponder · observe · think of · ruminate · reconsider · notice · reflect · regard as · think

Translations (233)

ja 熟慮する (think about seriously) · ru рассма́тривать (assign some quality to) · nl beschouwen (assign some quality to) · af oorweeg (think about seriously) · fi aikoa (think of doing) · got 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽 (think about seriously) · ia considerar (assign some quality to) · no vurdere (assign some quality to) · ar اِعْتَبَرَ (think about seriously) · ang behyċġan (think about seriously) · it prendere (take up as an example) · ru рассма́тривать (think about seriously) · fi harkita (think of doing) · fi ottaa huomioon (to have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect) · cmn 考慮 /考虑 (think about seriously) · nl vinden (assign some quality to) · pt considerar (think of doing) · he שָׁקַל (think of doing) · fr prendre (take up as an example) · sv fundera över (think of doing) · ro considera (think about seriously) · ru обду́мать (think of doing) · fr réfléchir (think about seriously) · hu néz (look at attentively) · de überlegen (think of doing) · mi kohuki (think about seriously) · la aspicio (look at attentively) · el θεωρώ (assign some quality to) · fr songer (think of doing) · de betrachten (look at attentively) · ko 으로 (assign some quality to) · ja 熟考する (think about seriously) · hy հաշվի առնել (think about seriously) · ht konsidere (think about seriously) · fi ottaa esimerkiksi (take up as an example) · uk обду́мувати (think about seriously) · id mempertimbangkan (think about seriously) · nl overwegen (think about seriously) · hu átgondol (think about seriously) · sv överväga (think of doing) · it considerare (think about seriously) · sv beakta (to have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect) · fr estimer (assign some quality to) · nl nemen (take up as an example) · fr considérer (think about seriously) · grc νομίζω (assign some quality to) · pt pensar em (think of doing) · ru обду́мать (think about seriously) · cs zvažovat (think about seriously) · fr songer (think about seriously) · de berücksichtigen (to have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect) · pl rozważać (think about seriously) · cy ystyried (think about seriously) · cmn 認為 /认为 (assign some quality to) · ar تَدَبَّرَ (think about seriously) · nl beschouwen (take up as an example) · hu gondolkozik (think of doing) · nl overwegen (think of doing) · la pensitō (think of doing) · lb berécksichtegen (think about seriously) · pl rozważać (debate or dispose of a motion) · es sopesar (think of doing) · cmn 熟慮 /熟虑 (think about seriously) · bg обми́слям (think about seriously) · fi mieltää (assign some quality to) · bg считам за (assign some quality to) · no regne (assign some quality to) · mi whakarau kakai (think about seriously) · ang tellan (assign some quality to) · fr envisager (think of doing) · hu számol (to have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect) · txb päl- (think about seriously) · hu tűnődik (think of doing) · gd smaoinich (think of doing) · es considerar (think about seriously) · hu töpreng (think about seriously) · sv bevaka (to have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect) · sh razmotriti (think about seriously) · mi whakaaroaro (think about seriously) · la dispicio (look at attentively) · lb betruechten (think about seriously) · sh razmatrati (think about seriously) · he לקח בחשבון (think about seriously) · nl beschouwen (look at attentively) · it prestare attenzione (to have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect) · gl considerar (think about seriously) · pl rozważyć (think about seriously) · fr tenir (to have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect) · hu tekintetbe vesz (to have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect) · no vurdere (think about seriously) · ang healdan (assign some quality to) · no vurdere (think of doing) · ca considerar (assign some quality to) · ru счита́ть (assign some quality to) · hu megfontol (think about seriously) · la dispecto (look at attentively) · ca considerar (think about seriously) · sv begrunda (think about seriously) · nl aannemen (take up as an example) · pt mirar (look at attentively) · az hesab etmək (think about seriously) · sl razmisliti (think of doing) · hu gondol (assign some quality to) · gd smaoinich (think about seriously) · hu tart (assign some quality to) · sv besinna (think about seriously) · fa سگالیدن (think about seriously) · es considerar (to have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect) · nl bedenken (think about seriously) · cy ystyried (think of doing) · pl uważać (assign some quality to) · az götür-qoy etmək (think about seriously) · sv betrakta (assign some quality to) · ru обду́мывать (think about seriously) · pl uznawać (assign some quality to) · th ถือว่า (assign some quality to) · cs uvažovat (think about seriously) · ang ymbþenċan (think about seriously) · mi huritao (think about seriously) · fi ottaa huomioon (think about seriously) · grc σκοπέω (think of doing) · sv föreställa sig (take up as an example) · uk розглядати (think about seriously) · de in Betracht ziehen (look at attentively) · gd saoil (think about seriously) · fi harkita (think about seriously) · es considerar (think of doing) · la respicio (look at attentively) · nrf considéther (think about seriously) · pt ter (por/como) (assign some quality to) · ja 見なす (assign some quality to) · la penditō (think about seriously) · sv tänka på (think about seriously) · ja よく考える (think about seriously) · got 𐌳𐍉𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (assign some quality to) · sv betrakta (think about seriously) · cmn 审视 (look at attentively) · sv observera (look at attentively) · la video (look at attentively) · hu fontolgat (think of doing) · cmn 思考 (think of doing) · sv se (assign some quality to) · it osservare (look at attentively) · pt fitar (look at attentively) · hy համարել (assign some quality to) · sv fundera på (think of doing) · th พิจารณา (think about seriously) · fi käsitellä (debate or dispose of a motion) · gd meòraich (think about seriously) · hu szemlél (look at attentively) · fr examiner (think about seriously) · lb consideréieren (think about seriously) · fi ottaa (take up as an example) · fi tutkia (look at attentively) · la specto (look at attentively) · hu vesz (take up as an example) · nl in acht nemen (think about seriously) · pl obserwować (look at attentively) · fr considérer (assign some quality to) · xto päl- (think about seriously) · no betrakte (look at attentively) · mi whakaraupeka (think about seriously) · ht konsidere (assign some quality to) · az hesab etmək (assign some quality to) · fr observer (look at attentively) · id berencana (think of doing) · th ถือ (assign some quality to) · ja 考慮する (think about seriously) · hu elgondolkodik (think about seriously) · nl beschouwen (debate or dispose of a motion) · fr considérer (look at attentively) · fi pitää (assign some quality to) · es barajar (think of doing) · cmn 凝视 (look at attentively) · pt considerar (assign some quality to) · lt dumoti (think about seriously) · pt considerar (think about seriously) · sv tänka sig (take up as an example) · bg разглеждам (look at attentively) · grc σκέπτομαι (think about seriously) · ru рассмотре́ть (think about seriously) · it pensare (think of doing) · mi whaiwhakaaro (think about seriously) · mi taute (think about seriously) · ko 생각하다 (assign some quality to) · pl rozważać (think of doing) · jv ngèlingi (think about seriously) · fi tiedostaa (to have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect) · mi mātūtū (to have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect) · de halten (assign some quality to) · la meditor (think about seriously) · bg разглеждам (debate or dispose of a motion) · hu elgondolkozik (think of doing) · gd saoil (think of doing) · ar عَدَّ (assign some quality to) · yi באַקלערן (think about seriously) · he שָׁקַל (think about seriously) · uk обмірковувати (think of doing) · hu figyelembe vesz (to have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect) · hu számításba vesz (to have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect) · eo konsideri (think about seriously) · et pidama (assign some quality to) · bg замислям (think of doing) · mnc ᠰᡝᠣᠯᡝᠮᠪᡳ (think about seriously) · es considerar (assign some quality to) · fi tarkastella (look at attentively) · jv anggep (think about seriously) · hu belegondol (think about seriously) · sv betänka (think about seriously) · hu mérlegel (think of doing) · mi māharahara (think about seriously) · hi चिंतन करना (think about seriously) · id anggap (think about seriously) · nl observeren (look at attentively) · la inspicio (look at attentively) · he החשיב (assign some quality to) · cs zvažovat (think of doing) · hu fontolóra vesz (think of doing) · de in Betracht ziehen (to have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect) · fi ajatella (think of doing) · ko 고려하다 (think about seriously) · hu eltöpreng (think about seriously) · fi huomioida (to have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect) · eo pripensi (think about seriously) · fi punnita (think about seriously) · es observar (look at attentively) · mi mātūtū (think about seriously) · id menganggap (assign some quality to) · uk обмірковувати (think about seriously) · de überlegen (think about seriously) · nrf considéther (assign some quality to) · pl baczyć (look at attentively) · ru обду́мывать (think of doing)