transcription, транскрипция: [ kənsɪdə(r) ]
( considers, considering, considered)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
We don’t consider our customers to be mere consumers; we consider them to be our friends...
I had always considered myself a strong, competent woman...
I consider activities such as jogging and weightlifting as unnatural...
Barbara considers 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 consider something, you think about it carefully.
The government is being asked to consider 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 considering doing something, you intend to do it, but have not yet made a final decision whether to do it.
I had seriously considered telling the story from the point of view of the wives...
They are considering the launch of their own political party.
VERB : V -ing , V n
4.
see also considered , considering