expect - consider reasonable or due; "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed"

receive - regard favorably or with disapproval; "Her new collection of poems was not well received"

construe, interpret, see - make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"

reconsider - consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing; "Won't you reconsider your decision?"

reconsider - consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, with a view to altering it

include - consider as part of something; "I include you in the list of culprits"

think, believe, conceive, consider - judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"

consider - regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem; "Please consider your family"

call - consider or regard as being; "I would not call her beautiful"

like - feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard; "How did you like the President's speech last night?"

identify - consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else; "He identified with the refugees"

favor, favour - consider as the favorite; "The local team was favored"

abstract - consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically

reify - consider an abstract concept to be real

idealise, idealize - consider or render as ideal; "She idealized her husband after his death"

deem, take for, view as, hold - keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view; "take for granted"; "view as important"; "hold these truths to be self-evident"; "I hold him personally responsible"

esteem, respect, value, prise, prize - regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"

make - consider as being; "It wasn't the problem some people made it"

capitalise, capitalize - consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses

factor in, factor out, factor - consider as relevant when making a decision; "You must factor in the recent developments"

equate, liken, compare - consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed"

deliberate, moot, debate, consider, turn over - think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

contemplate - consider as a possibility; "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job"

trifle, dally, play - consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"

think about - have on one's mind, think about actively; "I'm thinking about my friends abroad"; "She always thinks about her children first"

abstract - consider apart from a particular case or instance; "Let's abstract away from this particular example"

warm to - become excited about; "He warmed to the idea of a trip to Antarctica"

see - deliberate or decide; "See whether you can come tomorrow"; "let's see--which movie should we see tonight?"

premeditate - consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand; "premeditated murder"

debate - argue with one another; "We debated the question of abortion"; "John debated Mary"

wrestle - engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years"

hash out, talk over, discuss - speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household budget"

think twice - consider and reconsider carefully; "Think twice before you have a child"

consider, study - give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of moving"

hold - remain committed to; "I hold to these ideas"

pass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"

rethink - change one's mind; "He rethought his decision to take a vacation"

think - dispose the mind in a certain way; "Do you really think so?"

feel - have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude; "She felt small and insignificant"; "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves"

consider, regard, view, reckon, see - deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

look - perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!"

analyse, analyze, examine, study, canvass, canvas - consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"

contemplate - look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought; "contemplate one's navel"

groak - look or stare at longingly; "The dog his master who was eating a sausage"

consider, regard, view, reckon, see - deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"