different between consider vs appraise

English

Alternative forms

• considre (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n?s?d?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n?s?d?/, [k?n?s???]
• Rhymes: -?d?(?)

Verb

consider (third-person singular simple present considers, present participle considering, simple past and past participle considered)

1. (transitive) To think about seriously.

   Synonyms: bethink, (on) reflect
2. (intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.
3. (transitive) To think of doing.

   Synonyms: think of, bethink

4. (ditransitive) To assign some quality to.

   Synonyms: deem, regard, think of; see also Thesaurus:deem

   • 1825, Thomas Macaulay, An Essay on John Milton

     Considered as plays, his works are absurd.
5. (transitive) To look at attentively.

   Synonyms: regard, observe; see also Thesaurus: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

   • 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.

Usage notes

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

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• considre, decorins

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kon?sider]

Verb

consider

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of considera

English

Alternative forms

• apprize (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?e?z/
• Rhymes: -e?z
• Hyphenation: ap?praise

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French aprisier (“apraise, set a price on”) (compare modern French apprécier), from Late Latin appretiare, from ad- + Latin pretium (“price, value”) (English precious), from which also appreciate, a doublet.

Verb

appraise (third-person singular simple present appraises, present participle appraising, simple past and past participle appraised)

1. (transitive) To determine the value or worth of something, particularly as a person appointed for this purpose.

2. (transitive) To consider comprehensively.
3. (transitive) To judge the performance of someone, especially a worker.

4. (transitive) To estimate; to conjecture.
5. (transitive) To praise; to commend.

Derived terms

Related terms

• appreciate
• precious

Translations

Etymology 2

Form of apprise in use since 1706 but considered incorrect by some.

Verb

appraise (third-person singular simple present appraises, present participle appraising, simple past and past participle appraised)

1. (transitive, proscribed) To apprise, inform.