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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
considered
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be considered an embarrassment (=be thought of as embarrassing)
▪ He may be popular abroad, but he's considered an embarrassment at home.
be considered/deemed essential
▪ During the summer, air conditioning is considered essential.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
▪ Adam Smith took a more considered view than most commentators.
▪ I am sure that hon. Members would prefer to hear a more considered account tomorrow.
▪ In helping schools to take a more considered look at their own structures the framework outlined in figure 5.
▪ Her more considered view was that it was' the sort of house you become fond rather than proud of.
▪ New legislation which contains elements of censorship, forces us to take a wider and more considered view.
▪ To answer the question fully, we need a more considered discussion.
■ NOUN
opinion
▪ In the considered opinion of many experts this poor relation of the industry will probably take 80% of the market by volume.
▪ But against his considered opinion, and two years later, commissioning of a similar single lead junction at Newton went ahead.
part
▪ Specific ethical approval was not obtained for physiological recordings, which were considered part of clinical management.
▪ But if parents buy it for the child the dividend is considered part of the parents income.
response
▪ The early deadline gave little time for meetings and collaborative effort, or a very considered response to the new timetabling arrangements.
▪ I have pleasure in enclosing our considered response and hope it will be carefully considered before the final draft is prepared.
▪ Two more detailed and better considered responses to this question were those of Wundt and Tylor.
▪ I have pleasure in enclosing our considered response which we hope will be taken into account when finalising the guidance for publication.
view
▪ Adam Smith took a more considered view than most commentators.
▪ Her more considered view was that it was' the sort of house you become fond rather than proud of.
▪ No considered view was offered on the underlying problems of prison conditions that had triggered the riots.
▪ New legislation which contains elements of censorship, forces us to take a wider and more considered view.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
all things considered
▪ All things considered, it's the wrong time for us to start our own business.
▪ It wasn't the best game I've ever seen. But, all things considered, it wasn't too bad either.
▪ Andre is a good choice, all things considered.
▪ Might be the sensible thing to do, all things considered.
▪ Not bad, all things considered.
▪ Roots is the title, and not a bad one, all things considered.
▪ So, all things considered, I think I have done all right, handled my problem as well as it could have been handled.
▪ Went down well, all things considered.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ At first glance it would seem that sport must involve a victim, which rather explains why boxing is considered sporting.
▪ But if parents buy it for the child the dividend is considered part of the parents income.
▪ For a long time dispersal of any book from a public library was considered anathema.
▪ I have pleasure in enclosing our considered response which we hope will be taken into account when finalising the guidance for publication.
▪ The formation of priests was next considered.
▪ The job that everyone considered bad was in the workroom, which was my absolute dread.
▪ While relishing this opportunity there is a need for considered action.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Considered

Consider \Con*sid"er\ (k[o^]n*s[i^]d"[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Considered (k[o^]n*s[i^]d"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Considering.] [F. consid['e]rer, L. considerare, -sideratum, to consider, view attentively, prob. fr. con- + sidus, sideris, star, constellation; orig., therefore, to look at the stars. See Sidereal, and cf. Desire.]

  1. To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

    I will consider thy testimonies.
    --Ps. cxix. 95.

    Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind Considered all things visible.
    --Milton.

  2. To look at attentively; to observe; to examine.

    She considereth a field, and buyeth it.
    --Prov. xxxi. 16.

  3. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.

    Consider, sir, the chance of war: the day Was yours by accident.
    --Shak.

    England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad.
    --Sir W. Temple.

  4. To estimate; to think; to regard; to view.

    Considered as plays, his works are absurd.
    --Macaulay.

    Note: The proper sense of consider is often blended with an idea of the result of considering; as, ``Blessed is he that considereth the poor.''
    --Ps. xli. 1.; i.e., considers with sympathy and pity. ``Which [services] if I have not enough considered.''
    --Shak.; i.e., requited as the sufficient considering of them would suggest. ``Consider him liberally.''
    --J. Hooker.

    Syn: To ponder; weigh; revolve; study; reflect or meditate on; contemplate; examine. See Ponder.

Wiktionary
considered

vb. (en-past of: consider)

WordNet
considered
  1. adj. resulting from careful thought; "the paper was well thought out" [syn: reasoned, well thought out(p)]

  2. carefully considered; "a considered opinion" [syn: wise]

Wikipedia

Usage examples of "considered".

He accepts command of the cadet corps at West Point in 1851, considered by many as the great reward for good service, the respectable job in which to spend the autumn of his career.

Considered the rising star in the academic community, Chamberlain accepts a prestigious Chair at Bowdoin, formerly held by the renowned Calvin Stowe, husband of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

New Englanders also favored New York, it being much the easiest location for them to reach, though Philadelphia, adamantly espoused by the Pennsylvanians, was considered an acceptable alternative.

That Jefferson, after attending the College of William and Mary, had read law at Wilhamsburg for five years with the eminent George Wythe, gave him still greater standing with Adams, who considered Wythe one of the ablest men in Congress.

As for Captain Tucker, Adams considered him able and attentive, though, to judge by the few books in his cabin, no doubt lacking in erudition.

From his rooms on the Rue de Richelieu, Adams issued almost daily correspondence, writing at times two and three letters a day, these addressed to President Samuel Huntington and filled with reports on British politics, British and French naval activities, or his own considered views on European affairs.

Congress had considered sending a minister to Holland even before Adams left on his initial mission to France, and in his first months at Paris, he had reported that there was more friendship for America in Holland than generally understood.

Yet when John Quincy asked if he might buy ice skates that winter, Adams consented without hesitation, explaining that skating should be considered a fine art.

But as any adverse or critical comment on Washington, any ridicule at all, would have been considered unacceptable at this stage, Adams served as a convenient target for mockery and humor, and would again, just as he would be subject to the easiest, most damaging of smear words: monarchist.

But then, when McHenry agreed to resign, Adams, his fury spent, said almost in apology he had always considered McHenry a man of understanding and integrity.

Everything considered, there was almost no reason for Adams to have liked anything about it.

Rush, a champion of reform in education, thought Greek and Latin were outmoded and should be replaced with the study of modern languages, which Adams considered thoroughly wrongheaded.

In November of 1812, Rush sent Adams a first copy of what he considered his most important work, Medical Inquiries and Observations upon the Diseases of the Mind.

The mere fact that his captors saw no need to restrain him sent an insulting message: Now they considered the Adar of the Solar Navy to be no threat at all.

RCN considered proper commo protocol: Adele herself was very poor at that.