consider

verb

(transitive) To think about seriously.

(intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.

(transitive) To think about whether one will do (an action); to weigh as a possible course of action.

To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.

(transitive) To look at attentively.

(ditransitive) To assign some quality to.

(transitive) To take up as an example.

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

To believe or opine (that).

Roots

sidus-sider · Latin · star

Synonyms for consider

thinkv regardn contemplatev reckonv weighv ponderv believev deemv excogitatev takev cogitatev envisagev conceivev imaginev seev envisionv examinev supposev speculatev opinev

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