considerverb
uk/kənˈsɪd.ər/us/kənˈsɪd.ɚ/consider verb (POSSIBILITY)
B1 [ I or T ] to spend time thinking about a possibility or making a decision:
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- Would you consider fostering a child?
- The council is considering banning vehicles from the town centre to relieve congestion.
- "Have you decided what to do?" "No, I'm still considering the various possibilities."
- I considered applying to university, but I eventually decided to go to the local poly.
- Have you ever considered a career in the police force?
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Thinking and contemplating
- -ly
- agonize over/about sth
- chew
- chew sth over
- chew the cud idiom
- chew your cud idiom
- depth
- lateral thinking
- let me see/let's see idiom
- let's see idiom
- meditate
- puzzle
- rack
- reflect
- the thought crosses sb's mind idiom
- think sth out
- think sth over
- think sth through
- thinking
- worry
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consider verb (SUBJECT/FACT)
C1 [ T ] to give attention to a particular subject or fact when judging something else:
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- Let us consider the events of the last five months.
- We need to consider this very serious issue in its totality.
- We were going to paint the house ourselves, but when we considered the cost in time and effort, we decided to get a painter to do it for us.
- He gave a slight shudder as he considered how near he had come to death.
- He saw the theatre as a way of forcing people to consider social and political issues.
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Analysing and evaluating
- analyse
- analyser
- analyst
- analytical
- analyze
- critical
- have the measure of sb/sth idiom
- inspect
- inspection
- interpretive
- investigate
- measure
- proof
- set great, little, etc. store by sth idiom
- sift
- sit
- sit in judgment on/over sb idiom
- size sth/sb up
- store
- survey
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consider verb (CARE ABOUT)
C2 [ T ] to care about or respect other people or their feelings and wishes:
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Paying attention and being careful
- attention
- attention span
- be good, and if you can't be good, be careful idiom
- be on (your) guard idiom
- cautious
- centre
- eye
- focus
- hang
- hang on/upon sth
- have a care idiom
- have/keep your ear to the ground idiom
- hedge your bets idiom
- middle
- pay
- the/a glare of sth idiom
- tread carefully/gently/lightly idiom
- walk
- walk on eggs/eggshells idiom
- wary
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consider verb (OPINION)
B2 [ T often + obj + (to be) + noun/adj ] to believe someone or something to be, or think of him, her, or it as something:
to be very much admired:
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Guessing, supposing and suspecting
- approximate
- as much idiom
- call
- conjecture
- deem
- delusional
- divine
- fall
- jump
- jump to conclusions idiom
- mark
- mark sb down as sth
- misjudge
- pluck
- pluck sth out of the air idiom
- presume
- smell
- speculate
- think
- think of sth/sb
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