Consider vs Assumed - What's the difference?
consider | assumed |
(label) To think about seriously.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
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, title= (label) To think of doing.
(label) To assign some quality to.
* (1800-1859)
*
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=2 * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword (label) To look at attentively.
* Bible, (w) xxxi. 16
(label) To take up as an example.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=
, volume=189, issue=1, page=37, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= To debate or dispose of a motion.
To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* (1628–1699)
(assume)
Used in a manner intended to deceive; fictitious.
*{{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=22 Supposed or presumed.
As verbs the difference between consider and assumed
is that consider is to think about seriously while assumed is past tense of assume.As an adjective assumed is
used in a manner intended to deceive; fictitious.consider
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Alternative forms
* considre (archaic)Verb
(en verb)- Thenceforth to speculations high or deep / I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind / Considered all things visible.
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- Considered as plays, his works are absurd.
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- She considereth a field, and buyeth it.
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- Consider , sir, the chance of war: the day / Was yours by accident.
- England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad.
Usage notes
* In sense 2, this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See .Synonyms
* (think about seriously) bethink, reflect on * (think of doing) think of, bethink * (assign a quality) deem, regard, think of; see also * (look at closely) regard, observe * (debate a motion) deliberate, bethink * (include in an estimate or plan) take into accountassumed
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Verb
(head)Adjective
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