Consider Meaning
/kənˈsɪd.ə/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo think about seriously.
verbTo think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.
Sentence Examples
Let's consider the worst that could happen.
You should read such books as you consider important.
I'd like some time to consider.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Before buying a car, you should ____ its fuel efficiency and safety ratings.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Before you quit your job, you must seriously ____ the negative financial impact on your family.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English consideren, from Middle French considerer, from Latin considerare.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Thenceforth to speculations high or deep / I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind / Considered all things visible."
— 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
"If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast’s status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry."
— 2014 March 15, “Turn it off”, in The Economist, volume 410, number 8878:
""What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy! There is nothing like dancing after all. I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished society.""
— 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice:
"‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘An Alsatia like the ancient one behind the Strand, or the Saffron Hill before the First World War.[…]’"
— 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
"Isaacson reports that Musk’s fractured relationship with Jenna, who is trans, partly led to Musk’s rightward turn toward libertarianism and questioning what he considers the “woke-mind-virus, which is fundamentally antiscience, antimerit, and antihuman.”"
— 2023 September 12, Paul Glader, “Four takeaways from Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk”, in CNN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Before buying a car, you should ____ its fuel efficiency and safety ratings.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Before you quit your job, you must seriously ____ the negative financial impact on your family.