• (RP) IPA: /kənˈsɪdə/
• (GA) IPA: /kənˈsɪdɚ/, [kənˈsɪɾɚ]

consider (considers, present participle considering; past and past participle considered)

1. (transitive) To think about seriously.

   Synonyms: bethink, reflect

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

   • 1667, John Milton, “Book 8”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […] [a]nd by Robert Boulter […] [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], OCLC 228722708 ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554 ↗:

     Thenceforth to speculations high or deep / I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind / Considered all things visible.

2. (intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.
3. (transitive) To think of doing.

   Synonyms: think of, bethink

   I’m considering going to the beach tomorrow.

4. (ditransitive) To assign some quality to.

   Synonyms: deem, regard, think of; see also Thesaurus:deem

   Consider yourself lucky, but consider your opponent skillful.

   I considered the pie undercooked.

   • 1825, Thomas Macaulay, An Essay on John Milton

     Considered as plays, his works are absurd.

5. (transitive) To look at attentively.

   Synonyms: regard, observe, Thesaurus:pay attention

   She sat there for a moment, considering him.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Proverbs 31:16 ↗:

     She considereth a field, and buyeth it.

6. (transitive) To take up as an example.

   Consider a triangle having three equal sides.

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

   Synonyms: deliberate, bethink

   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.

   Synonyms: take into account

   • 1611 April (first recorded performance)​, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act V, scene v]:

     Consider, sir, the chance of war: the day / Was yours by accident.

   • England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad.

• French: considérer, examiner, réfléchir, songer
• German: überlegen
• Italian: considerare
• Portuguese: considerar
• Russian: рассма́тривать
• Spanish: considerar

• French: songer, envisager
• German: überlegen
• Italian: pensare
• Portuguese: considerar, pensar em
• Russian: обду́мывать
• Spanish: considerar, barajar, sopesar

• French: considérer, estimer
• German: halten
• Portuguese: considerar, ter
• Russian: рассма́тривать
• Spanish: considerar

• French: observer, considérer
• German: betrachten
• Italian: osservare
• Portuguese: fitar, mirar
• Spanish: observar

• French: prendre

• French: tenir
• Italian: prestare attenzione
• Spanish: considerar