Consider

From Middle English consideren, from Middle French considerer, from Latin considerare.

Full definition of consider

(transitive) To think about seriously.
Consider that weâ€™ve had three major events and the year has hardly begun.

John Milton (1608-1674)Thenceforth to speculations high or deep
I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind
Considered all things visible.
2014-03-15, Turn it off, If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, â€¦. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcastâ€™s status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry.

(transitive) To think of doing.
Iâ€™m considering going to the beach tomorrow.
(transitive) To assign some quality to.
Consider yourself lucky, but consider your opponent skillful.
I considered the pie undercooked.

Thomas Macaulay (1800-1859)Considered as plays, his works are absurd.
1813, Jane Austen, S:Pride and Prejudice/Chapter 6, "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."
1922, Ben Travers, A Cuckoo in the Nest Chapter 2, Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom,....
1963, Margery Allingham, The China Governess Chapter Foreword, ‘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. …’

(transitive) To look at attentively.
She sat there for a moment, considering him.

(transitive) To take up as an example.
Consider a triangle having three equal sides.

2013-06-14, Sam Leith, Where the profound meets the profane, Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language â€“ "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.

(transitive, parliamentary procedure) To debate or dispose of a motion.
This body will now consider the proposed amendments to Section 453 of the zoning code.
To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)Consider, sir, the chance of war: the day
Was yours by accident.
William Temple (1628â€“1699)England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad.

In sense 2, this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See .