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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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... upon your family, old boy—would you consider your sister less of a lady because she had to earn bread for you all by ...

— Man and Maid • Elinor Glyn

... consideration Occupy not too long a time. Already Has this negotiation, my Lord Duke, Crept on into the second year! If nothing Is settled this time, will the Chancellor Consider it as broken ...

— The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. III • Kuno Francke (Editor-in-Chief)

... of similar fabrications, you may state, that I consider myself responsible for no publication from the year 1812 up to the present date which is not from your press. I speak of course from that period, because, previously, Cawthorn and Ridge had both printed compositions of mine. 'A Pilgrimage to Jerusalem!' ...

— Life of Lord Byron, Vol. III - With His Letters and Journals • Thomas Moore

... then. You may consider yourself, and your friend Orr, appointed. And if you know of anyone else of the same brand, you might suggest ...

— The Young Railroaders - Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity • Francis Lovell Coombs

... "But consider a moment. Would it not be better to live and say to yourself again and again 'This fine fortune, this happy family'—for he will have children—children!—Have you ever thought of the joy of running your fingers through the ...

— Scenes from a Courtesan's Life • Honore de Balzac

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