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consider
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)
- (transitive) To think about seriously.
- Synonyms: bethink, (on) reflect
- (intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.
- (transitive) To think of doing.
- Synonyms: think of, bethink
- (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.
- (transitive) To look at attentively.
- Synonyms: regard, observe; see also Thesaurus:pay attention
- (transitive) To take up as an example.
- (transitive, parliamentary procedure) To debate (or dispose of) a motion.
- Synonyms: deliberate, bethink
- 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
- first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of considera
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refer
English
Etymology
From Middle English referren, from Old French referer, from Latin referre.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: r?-fû, IPA(key): /???f??/
- (US) enPR: r?-fûr, IPA(key): /???f?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Hyphenation: re?fer
Verb
refer (third-person singular simple present refers, present participle referring, simple past and past participle referred)
- (transitive) To direct the attention of.
- (transitive) To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
- (transitive) To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation.
- (intransitive, construed with to) To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?) (grammar) To be referential to another element in a sentence.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?) (computing) To address a specific location in computer memory.
- (education) Required to resit an examination.
Synonyms
- delegate
- direct
Derived terms
- refer to
- refer someone to
Related terms
- reference
- referral
- relate
- relative
- relation
- relationship
Translations
Further reading
- refer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Ferre, Freer, Frere, freer
Catalan
Etymology
re- +? fer (“to do”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /r??fe/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /re?fe?/
Verb
refer (first-person singular present refaig, past participle refet)
- to redo
Conjugation
Further reading
- “refer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “refer” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “refer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “refer” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Verb
refer
- second-person singular present active imperative of refer?
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