The verb consider has 9 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (109) see, consider, reckon, view, regard -- (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")
2. (56) study, consider -- (give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of moving")
3. (41) consider, take, deal, look at -- (take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case")
4. (27) consider, count, weigh -- (show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient")
5. (15) consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate -- (think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind")
6. (2) think, believe, consider, conceive -- (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")
7. regard, consider -- (look at attentively)
8. view, consider, look at -- (look at carefully; study mentally; "view a problem")
9. consider -- (regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem; "Please consider your family")