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meditation

meditation

148 4.4
A quiet, focused practice of sitting to calm the mind and find inner peace
  • noun
  • /ˌmɛdɪˈteɪʃən/
translation icon : meditación
  • Many people use meditation as a way to reduce stress and improve their mental health.
  • practice meditation
  • mindfulness meditation
  • meditation technique

Yeah, there's like reading, meditation, talking to good people.

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Examples

  • So this morning I did a meditation with some ocean sounds.

  • She spent an hour in meditation to clear her mind and find inner peace.

  • In this final minute of the meditation, just start again.

  • But anyway, in this deep meditation, you can see that and feel that.

  • So I wanted a home for where I could share meditation every single day.

  • This is our room of focus and meditation.

  • Just an hour of meditation.

  • I went to the temple you told me about, a place of meditation and peace.

  • Keep breathing through the meditation deeply.

  • Jon Kabat Zinn says that meditation is nothing but paying attention.

Synonyms

contemplation
vsmeditation
25 4.8

Thinking about something very carefully for a long time

involves deliberate spiritual focus and regular practice rather than casual thinking
musing
vsmeditation
25 6.3

A time when someone thinks quietly and deeply about something

is a focused spiritual practice with intentional discipline rather than casual reflection
dhyana
vsmeditation
9.9

A deep state of calm, focused meditation in Hinduism, Buddhism, and yoga

is a broader term for deep spiritual contemplation used across traditions
meditatio
vsmeditation
  • Formal
9.9

Deep, quiet thinking or a short thoughtful essay

focuses on spiritual or self improvement practice rather than essay form

How Deep

absorption
5 4.9
meditation
148 4.4
contemplation
25 4.8
reflection
119 3.7
thought
1.4

Surface Forms

meditation singular
meditations plural

Morphology

meditation = meditate (transparent) = meditate + ion

A regular nominalization of the verb 'meditate' with the productive suffix '-ion', so meaning follows directly from the base verb.

Etymology

Meditation comes from the Latin verb meditari, which means 'to think' or 'to reflect'. It began as a quiet, regular practice of focused thought, so meditation today usually means a calm, often spiritual exercise to slow the mind and find peace.