consider

== English == === Alternative forms === considre (archaic) === Etymology === From Middle English consideren, from Middle French considerer, from Latin considerare. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /kənˈsɪd.ə/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /kənˈsɪd.əɹ/, [kənˈsɪɾ.ɚ], [kn̩ˈsɪɾ.ɚ] (South Asia) IPA(key): /ˈkən.sɪ.ɖə(r)/ Rhymes: -ɪdə(ɹ) === Verb === consider (third-person singular simple present considers, present participle considering, simple past and past participle considered) (transitive) To think about seriously. Synonyms: bethink, reflect (on), take; see also Thesaurus:ponder (intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ponder (transitive) To think about whether one will do (an action); to weigh as a possible course of action. Synonyms: think of, bethink (ditransitive) To assign some quality to. Synonyms: deem, regard, think of; see also Thesaurus:deem (transitive) To look at attentively. Synonyms: regard, observe; see also Thesaurus:pay attention (transitive) To take up as an example. Synonym: take (transitive, parliamentary procedure) To debate (or dispose of) a motion. Synonyms: deliberate, bethink To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect. Synonyms: take into account, hear 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. To believe or opine (that). ==== Usage notes ==== In sense 3, this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === considre, decorins == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /konˈsi.der/ Rhymes: -er Hyphenation: con‧si‧der === Verb === consider first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of considera