to contemplate
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4.8
- verb
- /ˈkɒntəmˌpleɪt/
:
contemplar
- After losing his job, he decided to contemplate his career options before making a decision.
- contemplate legal action
- contemplate the future
- contemplate a plan
Had a time to sort of contemplate what I could do.
- Had a time to sort of contemplate what I could do.
- We are very creative, reflective, we contemplate issues, we're intuitive.
- And does an Angel contemplate my fate?
- He's, he's only two years old, but I'm contemplating taking him out of private school.
- She didn't have the luxury to contemplate those possibilities.
- And yeah, I mean, it's hard to, hard to really contemplate how that affected me.
- A nun in turquoise sneakers contemplates the stairs.
- It was sacrilegious to even contemplate telling a story like this.
- It is painful to contemplate this, but he is the FDR of Twitter.
- The evil is a war, I guess we contemplate quite often.
- When I was outside contemplating her life, should I tan?
Examples
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So let's contemplate this reaction in a little more detail.
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This is the question I'm contemplating right now.
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Now you open your eyes and you contemplate the world as it really is.
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Well, one thing they can do is contemplate the consequences of not doing it.
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If they are like works of art, then we can contemplate them, appreciate them, praise them.
Academic text (1999) -
It's so weird contemplating the meaning of life.
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For the first time in his life, he contemplated the prospect of getting older?
Fiction book (1990) -
Mark Fonder offers some guidelines for those contemplating a journey into the past.
Academic text (1990) -
She didn't have the luxury to contemplate those possibilities.
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To date, China has steadfastly refused to even contemplate binding constraints on its greenhouse gas emissions.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To give attention to something in your mind
∞
1.1
To think carefully before making a decision
834
1.0
See someone or something in a certain way
265
3.9
To think carefully about something before making a decision
134
4.3
Think carefully for a long time about something
120
4.0
To think carefully about something and what it means
105
3.2
To look at all the details and what may happen before you decide
104
4.4
To sit quietly and focus your mind to relax or think deeply
63
7.3
To think quietly and deeply about life or ideas
45
3.9
To plan something carefully before you do it
36
4.7
Think carefully for a long time before making a decision
35
6.1
To think about something carefully for a long time
19
4.0
To think carefully about something before deciding
14
3.9
To think carefully about something for a while before deciding
10
7.6
To think carefully about something for a long time
8
3.0
To look at something carefully before deciding
3
4.1
To think about or talk about something carefully for a long time
3
8.5
To think carefully and deeply about something
1
4.1
To think carefully about something for a long time
To think very carefully to find a new idea or solution
Antonyms
How Deep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Contemplate comes from Latin parts con- 'with' and templum 'temple'. Long ago, priests would stand in a temple to watch the sky and think about signs, so to contemplate today is to give something long, quiet attention and think about it slowly and carefully.