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Consider

verb

(past & past part. considered; pres. part. considering)

Deem to be. Synonyms: reckon, regard, see, view. "I consider her to be shallow" , "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

Give careful consideration to. Synonym: study.

Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes. Synonyms: deal, look at, take. "Consider the following case"

Show consideration for; take into account. Synonyms: count, weigh. "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"

Think about carefully; weigh. Synonyms: debate, deliberate, moot, turn over. "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

Judge or regard; look upon; judge. Synonyms: believe, conceive, think. "I believe her to be very smart" , "I think that he is her boyfriend" , "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"

Look at attentively. Synonym: regard.

Look at carefully; study mentally. Synonyms: look at, view.

Regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem.

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"Consider" Quotes from Famous Books

... contest to be the one that represents the joint work of Miss Dorothy Rose and Miss Dorinda Fayre. And I'm greatly pleased to present these two young ladies with the golden double eagle I offered as a prize, and I consider it well ...

— Two Little Women • Carolyn Wells

... vertebrates, that the successive creations have undergone phases of development analogous to those of the embryo in its growth and similar to the gradations shown by the present creation in the ascending series, which it presents as a whole. One may consider it as henceforth proved that the embryo of the fish during its development, the class of fishes as it at present exists in its numerous families, and the type of fish in its planetary history, exhibit analogous phases through which one may follow the same creative ...

— Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence • Louis Agassiz

... moment to consider, monsieur! Go into the next room, through that curtain there, and think over it for five minutes. Then come back and tell ...

— Orrain - A Romance • S. Levett-Yeats

... meritorious act. The Karma of a former existence never forsakes any creature. And in determining the various consequences of one's Karma, this rule was not lost sight of by the Creator. A person having his being under the influence of evil Karma, must always consider how he can atone for his Karma, and extricate himself from an evil doom, and the evil Karma may be expiated in various ways. Accordingly, O good Brahmana, I am charitable, truthful, assiduous in attending ...

— The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 2 • Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

... are satisfied that the British public will perfectly agree with the Marquis. A man who receives L. 11,000 a-year to show hospitality and exhibit state, ought to do both. But there is another and a much more important point for the nation to consider. Why should eleven thousand pounds a-year be given to any ambassador at Vienna, or at any other court of the earth? Cannot his actual diplomatic functions be amply served for a tenth of the money? Or what ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 - Vol. 53, January, 1843 • Various

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