Word Finder - considered

definition

To think about seriously.

example

Consider that we’ve had three major events and the year has hardly begun.

synonyms

• bethink
• reflect

definition

To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.

definition

To think of doing.

example

I’m considering going to the beach tomorrow.

synonyms

• bethink
• think of

definition

(ditransitive) To assign some quality to.

example

Consider yourself lucky, but consider your opponent skillful.

synonyms

• deem
• regard
• think of

definition

To look at attentively.

example

She sat there for a moment, considering him.

synonyms

• observe
• regard

definition

To take up as an example.

example

Consider a triangle having three equal sides.

definition

(parliamentary procedure) To debate (or dispose of) a motion.

example

This body will now consider the proposed amendments to Section 453 of the zoning code.

synonyms

• bethink
• deliberate

definition

To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.

example

He never seems to consider the feelings of others.

synonyms

• take into account

definition

Having been carefully thought out.

example

It is my considered opinion that the accused is innocent.

I considered this change of events.

She would never have considered back-talking her parents.

I considered my answer.

He hadn't even considered that she might not want to go.

Dusty considered her words.

If not for her unusual power, and his cold magic, she would've considered him crazy.

I am considered quite unusual.

Apparently Julia considered her to be some kind of competition.

Though I believe it is no longer considered valid, yet I have kept it ever since as one of my treasures.

Brandon may have considered his problem "stupid" at the ranch, but it obviously wasn't behind him.

I considered this suggestion carefully, then I told Mr. Rhoades that I should be proud and glad to have wise friends to whom I could always turn for advice in all important matters.

He frowned as he considered the question.

I considered his question.

Talon's work on her arms pissed him off, but he hadn't considered the wounds were as recent as yesterday.

In fact, let's say his own mother considered donating the portrait he painted of her to Goodwill but decided not to because "the poor have enough problems already."

Though he thought of everything, considered everything, and did everything the best of officers could do in his position, he was in a state akin to feverish delirium or drunkenness.

It wasn't something she had considered before, but another thought followed his.

She looked too proper to be considered beautiful, and her expression was lofty.

They might have considered her an innocent bystander in her relationship with Allen, but being on the sideline again would, at minimum, make them suspicious.

He considered her reasoning and then sighed.

He wasn't to that point yet, and he had to figure out just how to protect the woman from the man she considered her own father.

He considered cancelling the meeting.

We considered the session might take much longer than usual.

As she watched the sink fill, she considered his proposal - and that other thing.

I considered taking the chance of phoning from the comfort of my apartment but realized the foolishness of taking such a chance.

Specifically, a virus or bug passed to a pig is considered a huge threat in the medical community, because pigs can pass their diseases onto humans.

No one ever considered it because it wasn't important.

I even considered buying it and renting it out.

You are a Madame de Genlis and nothing more" (this nickname, bestowed on Vera by Nicholas, was considered very stinging), "and your greatest pleasure is to be unpleasant to people!

As she trudged along behind him she considered her newfound desire.

The more he considered them, the more he realized that he didn't know how to be anyone but a battle commander.

I guess I considered it as a possibility.

By the Milan Decree of the 17th of December 1807, he ordained that every ship which submitted to the right of search now claimed by Great Britain would be considered a lawful prize.

Rhyn considered the words born of desperation.

She considered retreating but suspected that would draw the attention of the men focused on the battle.

He'd not considered sending her home-- no, he'd decided to kill her!

She didn't understand the significance of the pictures or writing and frowned, wondering how such a simple place was considered sacred.

The odd little man was the loyal ally A'Ran considered him!

He considered not telling Cynthia about the call, but no, they didn't have secrets between them.

Dean considered calling the City of Ouray Police but realized they too could be of little help unless Shipton did something against the law.

Dean considered pointing out that Annie's reference to their "shared secret" didn't seem to refer to a pastoral hug, but held his tongue.

Dean managed to whistle down a young boy who agreed to use his snow blower on Dean's unfinished sidewalk, for an amount Dean considered ridiculous, but he knew he needed to get up to snuff on Shipton's fall before he was totally on the defensive.

He considered switching a digit and feigning a mistake but he knew these guys would figure he was hiding something and be all the more aggressive when they questioned Cynthia.

He considered Donald Ryland.

He considered flying to Indiana, but decided against it, at least for a day or two.

He considered stopping for a beer or two but realized bellying up to the bar was no solution to life's problems.

He'd even considered his wife might have killed Shipton.

She told Franny that Donald had dumped her as his fiancée when he never considered doing any such thing.

Edith's death was constantly on my mind, but I never for a minute considered anything but suicide.

At first I didn't think so, but the fact that he had the old suicide note with him makes me think he at least considered it, if the opportunity presented itself .