Consider and Explain

Consider

Consider verb - To think of in a particular way.

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Explain and consider are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Explain" instead a verb "Consider".

Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.

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Consider and explain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Consider" instead a verb "Explain".

relationship	consider relationship	explain relationship
nature	consider nature	explain nature
situation	consider situation	explain situation
fact	consider fact	explain fact
Other words: way, actions, behavior, events, backstory.

Therefore asking a master to explain something is more likely to get you a Koan or a seemingly unrelated demonstration than anything a layperson might consider useful.

Source: Figure It Out Yourself
Which makes quite a bit of sense if you consider that he does not need an omnipotent god to explain anything strange until such a being is necessarily part of the occurrence.

Source: Flat-Earth Atheist
The manual explains that other people consider the land cursed, and it also implies that a previous civilization lived there (which would explain the Benevolent Architecture).

Source: Video Game / Shadow of the Colossus

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