ถือว่า
Counts as
ถือว่า presents something as considered, regarded, or counted a certain way. The judgment may come from a speaker or a stated rule; the wording alone does not prove consensus or objectivity.
How It Works
Read The Evaluation
ถือว่า presents how something is regarded, accepted, or counted. ถือว่าโชคดีมากที่ไม่มีใครบาดเจ็บ evaluates the absence of injury as lucky. ราคานี้ถือว่าไม่แพงเลย evaluates the price as not expensive. Neither sentence names an accident, a market survey, or a standard shared by everyone.
Read What Is Counted As A Result
เขาสอบผ่านแล้ว ถือว่าประสบความสำเร็จ presents passing the exam as a success. The expression gives that evaluation without establishing an agreed social status.
Read A Rule Statement Carefully
ถ้าคุณทำแบบนี้ ถือว่าผิดกฎหมาย says that doing this would be counted as illegal. It leaves the action and applicable law unstated, so the grammar example cannot verify the legal claim. The dictionary’s separate legal noun sense does not turn every ordinary use of ถือว่า into a conclusive legal presumption.
Read The Offer
ครั้งนี้ถือว่าฉันเลี้ยงนะ is presented here as ‘This time, consider it my treat.’ The offer concerns this occasion, rather than a universal classification rule.
Keep The Take-Offense Expression Distinct
อย่าถือสาเขาเลย asks the listener not to take offense or hold something against him. ถือสา is a separate word; replacing it with ถือว่า does not reproduce this complete idiom. Compare คิดว่า and other expressions through their own full examples rather than dividing all judgments into ‘objective’ and ‘personal’ classes.
Examples (5)
- ถือว่าโชคดีมากที่ไม่มีใครบาดเจ็บ
It's considered very lucky that no one was injured.
Word by Word: consider that lucky very that not have anyone injured
The absence of injury is evaluated as lucky. The sentence does not itself mention an accident.
- ถ้าคุณทำแบบนี้ ถือว่าผิดกฎหมาย
If you do this, it is considered illegal.
Word by Word: if you do like this, consider that break law
The example states a legal classification but leaves the action and applicable law unstated.
- เขาสอบผ่านแล้ว ถือว่าประสบความสำเร็จ
He passed the exam; it counts as a success.
Word by Word: he exam pass already, consider that experience success
Passing the exam is categorized as 'success' using ถือว่า.
- ครั้งนี้ถือว่าฉันเลี้ยงนะ
This time, consider it my treat.
Word by Word: time this consider that I treat [particle]
The speaker offers to treat the listener this time; no objective rule is needed for this use.
- ราคานี้ถือว่าไม่แพงเลย
This price is considered not expensive at all.
Word by Word: price this consider that not expensive at all
The price is evaluated as not expensive. The sentence does not state a market-wide standard.
Common Mistakes
Use ถือสา For This Take-Offense Expression
อย่าถือว่าเขาเลยอย่าถือสาเขาเลยThe task asks for อย่าถือสาเขาเลย, meaning do not take offense or hold it against him. อย่าถือว่าเขาเลย does not reproduce that complete idiom. Read ถือสา as a whole word rather than replacing it with ถือว่า.
Related Patterns
- คิดว่าI Think That
Compare believing something with คิดว่า and regarding or counting it a certain way with ถือว่า; neither expression alone guarantees objectivity.
Level 3 - เป็นTo Be Someone or Something
Compare category expressions with เป็น in their own examples. This entry does not require or permit เป็น after every occurrence of ถือว่า.
Level 1 - หมายถึงMeans
Compare the complete definitions and references with หมายถึง and the evaluations with ถือว่า in their own examples.
Level 3 - เรียกว่าIs Called
Compare the naming expressions with เรียกว่า and the judgments with ถือว่า in their own complete examples.
Level 3
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