To Consider

1. (transitive) To think about seriously. Synonyms: bethink, reflect (on); ponder
2. (intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate. Synonyms: ponder
3. (transitive) To think of doing. Synonyms: think of, bethink
4. (ditransitive) To assign some quality to. Synonyms: deem, regard, think of
5. (transitive) To look at attentively. Synonyms: regard, observe; pay attention
6. (transitive) To take up as an example.
7. (transitive, parliamentary procedure) To debate (or dispose of) a motion. Synonyms: deliberate, bethink
8. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.

Synonym: take into account

9. To believe or opine (that).

Usage notes

• In sense 3, this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs.