Read vs Consider - What's the Difference?
Definition as Verb
- regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem
- show consideration for; take into account
- think about carefully; weigh
- look at attentively
- deem to be
- give careful consideration to
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- judge or regard; look upon; judge
- look at carefully; study mentally
Definition as Verb
- interpret something that is written or printed
- look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
- interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
- audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
- to hear and understand
- be a student of a certain subject
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- have or contain a certain wording or form
- obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- make sense of a language
Examples
- "Please consider your family"
- "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"
- "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"
- "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"
- "consider the possibility of moving"
- "Take the case of China"; "consider the following case"
- "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"
- "the article was a very good read"
- "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
- "The King will read the proclamation at noon"
- "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"
- "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
- "I read you loud and clear!"
- "She is reading for the bar exam"
- "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
- "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"
- "This dictionary can be read by the computer"
- "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"
- "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"