consider verb (POSSIBILITY)
B1 [ I or T ] to spend time thinking about a possibility or making a decision:
[ + question word ] Have you considered what you'll do if you don't get the job?
[ + -ing verb ] We're considering selling the house.
She's being considered for the job.
Mehr Beispiele
- Would you consider fostering a child?
- The council is considering banning vehicles from the town centre to relieve congestion.
- "Have you decided what to do?" "No, I'm still considering the various possibilities."
- I considered applying to university, but I eventually decided to go to the local poly.
- Have you ever considered a career in the police force?
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consider verb (SUBJECT/FACT)
C1 [ T ] to give attention to a particular subject or fact when judging something else:
[ + question word ] If you consider how long he's been learning the piano, he's not very good.
Mehr Beispiele
- Let us consider the events of the last five months.
- We need to consider this very serious issue in its totality.
- We were going to paint the house ourselves, but when we considered the cost in time and effort, we decided to get a painter to do it for us.
- He gave a slight shudder as he considered how near he had come to death.
- He saw the theatre as a way of forcing people to consider social and political issues.
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consider verb (CARE ABOUT)
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Paying attention and being careful
- attention
- attention span
- be good, and if you can't be good, be careful idiom
- be on (your) guard idiom
- cautious
- centre
- eye
- focus
- hang
- hang on/upon sth
- have a care idiom
- have/keep your ear to the ground idiom
- hedge your bets idiom
- middle
- pay
- the/a glare of sth idiom
- tread carefully/gently/lightly idiom
- walk
- walk on eggs/eggshells idiom
- wary
consider verb (OPINION)
B2 [ T often + obj + (to be) + noun/adj ] to believe someone or something to be, or think of him, her, or it as something:
[ passive + obj + to infinitive ] It is considered bad manners in some cultures to speak with your mouth full of food.
Do you consider him a friend of yours?
[ + (that) ] She considers (that) she has done enough to help already.
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Guessing, supposing and suspecting
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