Dictionary Entry
consider
consider is a 8-letter English word with 15 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 15 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.
- 2transitive verb
To look at attentively; to observe; to examine.
- 3transitive verb
To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.
- 4transitive verb
To estimate; to think; to regard; to view.
- 5intransitive verb
To think seriously; to make examination; to reflect; to deliberate.
- 6intransitive verb
To hesitate.
- 7verb
judge or regard; look upon; judge
"I think he is very smart"
"I believe her to be very smart"
- 8verb
deem to be
"She views this quite differently from me"
"I consider her to be shallow"
- 9verb
regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem
"Please consider your family"
- 10verb
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
"Take the case of China"
"Consider the following case"
- 11verb
think about carefully; weigh
"They considered the possibility of a strike"
"Turn the proposal over in your mind"
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- 12verb
show consideration for; take into account
"You must consider her age"
"The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"
- 13verb
look at carefully; study mentally
"view a problem"
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- 14verb
look at attentively
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- 15verb
give careful consideration to
"consider the possibility of moving"
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