consider

Etymology

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

verb

1. (transitive) To think about seriously.
   Consider that we’ve had three major events and the year has hardly begun.
   How can you know everything about everything, if you won't consider any dissent?
   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. 2014-03-15, “Turn it off”, in The Economist, volume 410, number 8878
2. (intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.
3. (transitive) To think of doing.
   I’m considering going to the beach tomorrow.
4. (ditransitive) To assign some quality to.
   Consider yourself lucky, but consider your opponent skillful.
   I considered the pie undercooked.
   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
5. (transitive) To look at attentively.
   She sat there for a moment, considering him.
6. (transitive) To take up as an example.
   Consider a triangle having three equal sides.
   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 – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself. 2013-06-14, Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 37
7. (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.
8. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.
   He never seems to consider the feelings of others.
   February 21, 1679, William Temple, letter to the Lord Treasurer England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad.
9. To believe or opine (that).
   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,[…]. 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest
   What is clear is that the courts in both Alberta and Ontario consider that there must be some preliminary assessment of the evidence of alleged breaches of the relevant Act when considering whether a freeze order is justified at the investigation stage. 1 October 2021, J. Susan Griffin, “Party A v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2021 BCCA 358”, in CanLII, retrieved 2021-10-03