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consider

/kənˈsɪdər/
English Definition
v. to think about carefully
中文释义
考虑
Example Sentence

Engineers must consider the thermal expansion of bridge materials when designing spans for extreme seasonal temperature changes.

工程师在设计桥梁跨度时必须考虑材料在极端季节温差下的热膨胀。

Synonyms
contemplate ponder reflect on
Antonyms
ignore dismiss
Seen in practice — from the Digital SAT question bank

- She wrote what is now considered the first algorithm intended to be processed by a machine.

From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas

A folklorist studying an oral storytelling tradition found that tellers under the age of 35 could recount only about a third as many traditional proverbs as tellers over 65, even though both groups had grown up in the same village and were considered fluent, skilled storytellers by community elders.

From a Inferences question · Information and Ideas

Beavers are considered a keystone species because their dam-building activity creates wetland habitats that support a wide range of other plants, fish, birds, and amphibians that would not otherwise thrive in the area.

From a Central Ideas and Details question · Information and Ideas

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Practice — Definition Match

Which choice best defines “consider”?

  1. A Becoming aware of something
  2. B To think about carefully
  3. C Give knowledge
  4. D To make someone less confident or hopeful
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B — To think about carefully. “consider” means to think about carefully.

Practice — Which Word Fits?

Which word means “to think about carefully”?

  1. A inform
  2. B discourage
  3. C consider
  4. D noticing
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C — consider. “consider” means to think about carefully.

Common questions about “consider”

What does “consider” mean?

consider — to think about carefully. In Chinese: 考虑.

How do you pronounce “consider”?

consider is pronounced /kənˈsɪdər/.

How is “consider” used in a sentence?

Engineers must consider the thermal expansion of bridge materials when designing spans for extreme seasonal temperature changes. (工程师在设计桥梁跨度时必须考虑材料在极端季节温差下的热膨胀。)

What are synonyms for “consider”?

contemplate, ponder, reflect on — all close in meaning to consider (to think about carefully).

What is the opposite of “consider”?

ignore, dismiss — each the opposite of consider (to think about carefully).

Is “consider” an SAT vocabulary word?

Yes. consider is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.

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