English Dictionary
◊ CONSIDER
consider
v 1: consider or deem to be; regard; "She views this quite
differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"
[syn: {see}, {reckon}, {view}, {regard}]
2: give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of
moving" [syn: {study}]
3: consider, as of an example; "Take the case of China";
"Consider the following case" [syn: {take}, {deal}, {look
at}]
4: show consideration for; take into account; "You must
consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's
youth and was lenient" [syn: {count}, {weigh}]
5: think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the
possibility of a strike" [syn: {debate}, {moot}, {turn
over}, {deliberate}]
6: 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" [syn: {think}, {believe}, {conceive}]
7: look at carefully; study mentally; "view a problem" [syn: {view},
{look at}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN CONNIVER?
CONNIVER
{Artificial intelligence} language for {automatic theorem
proving}. An outgrowth of {PLANNER}, based on {coroutine}s
rather than {backtracking}. Allowed multiple database
contexts with hypothetical assertions.
["The CONNIVER Reference Manual", D. McDermott & G.J. Sussman
, AI Memo 259, MIT AI Lab, 1973].
(1995-01-10)