verb · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation:/kənˈsɪd.ə/
Canada, General-American:/kənˈsɪd.əɹ/
Canada, General-American:[kənˈsɪɾ.ɚ]
Canada, General-American:[kn̩ˈsɪɾ.ɚ]
California:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
South-Asia:/ˈkən.sɪ.ɖə(r)/
rhymes with -ɪdə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:K AH0 N S IH1 D ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To think about seriously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
Consider that we’ve had three major events and the year has hardly begun.
How can you know everything about everything, if you won't consider any dissent?
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
She sat there for a moment, considering him.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: regard, observe, attend, clock, consider, give heed, heed, let in on, mark, mind, notice, pass, pay attention, pay heed, pick up what someone is putting down, privy, take heed, take note, take notice
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To take up as an example.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
Consider a triangle having three equal sides.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: take
Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
To debate (or dispose of) a motion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: government, parliamentary-procedure
Examples
This body will now consider the proposed amendments to Section 453 of the zoning code.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deliberate, bethink
Antonyms: none provided
8
verb
Meaning 8
To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
He never seems to consider the feelings of others.
February 21, 1679, William Temple, letter to the Lord Treasurer England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: take into account, hear
Antonyms: none provided
9
verb
Meaning 9
To believe or opine (that).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
verb
Meaning 10
judge or regard; look upon; judge
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
I think he is very smart
I believe her to be very smart
I think that he is her boyfriend
The racist conceives such people to be inferior
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: think, believe, conceive
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: evaluate, pass judgment, judge
Narrower terms: hold, rethink, think, think of, repute, regard as, look upon, look on, esteem, take to be, feel, see, consider, reckon, view, regard
11
verb
Meaning 11
deem to be
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
She views this quite differently from me
I consider her to be shallow
I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do