Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - consider

(considers, considering, considered) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are. We don’t consider our customers to be mere consumers; we consider them to be our friends... I had always considered myself a strong, competent woman... I consider activities such as jogging and weightlifting as unnatural... Barbara considers that pet shops which sell customers these birds are very unfair. VERB: V n to-inf, V n n/adj, V n as adj/n, V that 2. If you consider something, you think about it carefully. The government is being asked to consider a plan to fix the date of the Easter break... Consider how much you can afford to pay for a course, and what is your upper limit. VERB: V n, V wh 3. If you are considering doing something, you intend to do it, but have not yet made a final decision whether to do it. I had seriously considered telling the story from the point of view of the wives... They are considering the launch of their own political party. VERB: V -ing, V n 4. see also considered, considering