CONSIDER


Meaning of CONSIDER in English

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

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