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# consider

«consider» in Mova's school dictionary: **to think about it carefully, especially before deciding:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (consider, considers, considered, considering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To consider something is to think about it carefully, especially before deciding: «Consider all the answers». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consider/#m1)

2) To consider someone or something to be something is to think of them that way: «I consider her my best friend». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consider/#m2)

3) To consider other people is to think about their feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consider/#m3)

4) (formal) In exams, «consider» means look at and work with: «Consider the triangle ABC». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consider/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and exam questions «Consider...» introduces what to look at: «Consider the number 24». In everyday life you consider options before choosing. In PSHE pupils learn to consider others' feelings. «All things considered» means after thinking about everything. Phrases: consider doing, consider it done, all things considered, considering (that).

### examples

- Consider the triangle with sides 3, 4 and 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consider/#x1)
- Have you considered joining the choir? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consider/#x2)
- I consider him a good friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consider/#x3)
- Please consider other people when you play music loudly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consider/#x4)
- All things considered, it was a good day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consider/#x5)
- Considering the rain, the trip went well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consider/#x6)
- Consider it done! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consider/#x7)
- Consider what danger you would be in! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consider/#x8)

### note

Followed by an -ing verb: «consider joining», not «consider to join». Adjective «considerate» means kind to others; «considerable» means quite large — do not mix them up.

### In the corpora

- [«Let the jury consider their verdict,» says the King, for about the twentieth time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/24-alice-alices-evidence-2/5/)
- [Saying "we had not considered that" impresses more than bluffing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/12/)
- [And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.251/)
- [Declare ye, that we may consider, and know the end of them; or announce to us things to come.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.898/)
- [Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.956/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «consider» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consider/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.