different between considerate vs consider

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?s?d???t/

Adjective

considerate (comparative more considerate, superlative most considerate)

1. consciously thoughtful and observant (often of other people); caring

   It was very considerate of you to give up your place for your friend.

2. characterised by careful and conscious thought; deliberate

Antonyms

• inconsiderate

Related terms

• consider
• consideration
• considerately
• considerateness

Translations

Verb

considerate (third-person singular simple present considerates, present participle considerating, simple past and past participle considerated)

1. (rare) Synonym of consider

Anagrams

• decreations, desecration, resonicated

Interlingua

Participle

considerate

1. past participle of considerar

Italian

Adjective

considerate

1. feminine plural of considerato

Verb

considerate

1. inflection of considerare:
   1. second-person plural present
   2. second-person plural imperative
   3. feminine plural past participle

Anagrams

• esercitando, estraendoci, stenocardie

Latin

Adverb

c?ns?der?t? (comparative c?ns?der?tius, superlative c?ns?der?tissim?)

1. considerately, carefully, cautiously

Verb

c?ns?der?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of c?ns?der?

References

• considerate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• considerate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• considerate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

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