consider

/kənˈsɪdə//kənˈsɪdɚ/
🔵 Intermediate

Word Statistics

Difficulty LevelIntermediate

Standard vocabulary

Word FrequencyVery Common

Used frequently in everyday conversation

Syllables3

Moderate complexity

Analysis:

  • Common vocabulary word
verb

1. To think about seriously.

"Consider that we’ve had three major events and the year has hardly begun."

Synonyms: bethink, reflect

2. To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.

3. To think of doing.

"I’m considering going to the beach tomorrow."

Synonyms: bethink, think of

4. (ditransitive) To assign some quality to.

"Consider yourself lucky, but consider your opponent skillful."

Synonyms: deem, regard, think of

5. To look at attentively.

"She sat there for a moment, considering him."

Synonyms: observe, regard

6. To take up as an example.

"Consider a triangle having three equal sides."

7. (parliamentary procedure) To debate (or dispose of) a motion.

"This body will now consider the proposed amendments to Section 453 of the zoning code."

Synonyms: bethink, deliberate

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."

Synonyms: take into account

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