(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
We don’t ~ our customers to be mere consumers; we ~ them to be our friends...
I had always ~ed myself a strong, competent woman...
I ~ activities such as jogging and weightlifting as unnatural...
Barbara ~s that pet shops which sell customers these birds are very unfair.
VERB: V n to-inf, V n n/adj, V n as adj/n, V that
2.
If you ~ something, you think about it carefully.
The government is being asked to ~ a plan to fix the date of the Easter break...
Consider how much you can afford to pay for a course, and what is your upper limit.
VERB: V n, V wh
3.
If you are ~ing doing something, you intend to do it, but have not yet made a final decision whether to do it.
I had seriously ~ed telling the story from the point of view of the wives...
They are ~ing the launch of their own political party.
VERB: V -ing, V n
4.
see also ~ed , ~ing