consider

consider
con·sid·er [kənʼsɪdəʳ, Am -ɚ] vt
1) (contemplate)
to \consider sth über etw akk nachdenken, sich dat etw akk überlegen;
well, I'll consider it ich lasse es mir durch den Kopf gehen;
to \consider sb/sth for sth jdn/etw für etw akk in Erwägung ziehen;
to be \considered for a job für einen Job in Erwägung gezogen werden;
to \consider doing sth daran denken [o sich akk mit dem Gedanken tragen] , etw zu tun;
to \consider how/what/where/why ... darüber nachdenken [o sich dat überlegen] , wie/was/wo/warum ...
2) (look at)
to \consider sb/sth jdn/etw betrachten;
(think of)
to \consider sth/sb an etw/jdn denken;
(take into account)
to \consider sth etw bedenken [o berücksichtigen];
you've got to \consider the time factor Sie dürfen den Zeitfaktor nicht aus dem Auge verlieren;
all things \considered alles in allem
3) (regard as)
to \consider sb/sth [as [or to be]] sth jdn/etw für etw akk halten, jdn/etw als etw akk betrachten;
I \consider it a compliment/an honour/an insult ... ich betrachte es als Kompliment/Ehre/Beleidigung ...;
\consider yourself at home fühlen Sie sich wie zu Hause;
\consider yourself sacked! betrachten Sie sich als entlassen!;
do you \consider her trustworthy? denkst du, man kann ihr vertrauen?;
to \consider sb a genius jdn für ein Genie halten;
\consider it done schon erledigt! (fam)
to \consider oneself lucky that ... sich akk glücklich schätzen können, dass ...;
to be \considered [to be] sth als etw gelten;
to \consider that ... denken [o der Meinung sein] , dass ...

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