to meditate
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4.4
- verb
- /ˈmɛdɪˌteɪt/
:
meditar
- She prefers to meditate in a peaceful garden to find her inner calm.
- learn to meditate
- meditate together
- meditate on death
I'm going to wake up, stretch, meditate, and then crown a winner.
- I'm going to wake up, stretch, meditate, and then crown a winner.
- And I thought maybe he's meditating, maybe he's sleeping.
- And the mind says, I can't meditate now, I need stillness.
- Do you want to be Zen enough to meditate through the winter?
- I go home, OK, Let me meditate and I meditate on it.
- I learned to meditate very many years ago.
- Are you able to, when you meditate like clear your mind of all thoughts?
- But now that breakdown is now me meditating in the break room.
- I hate meditating and eat a nutritious breakfast.
- All praying is is meditating and not thinking about yourself.
- Back off, relax, take a Tuesday off, meditate daily.
- But the way I meditate is I don't fight the thoughts.
- You take it, you sit there, you're meditating.
- And you sit there and you just start like meditating.
Examples
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In addition to teaching and writing about the journey, I find myself meditating on karma.
Academic text (2005) -
Afterward, Billy went into his room to meditate, and Holly and I took care of the customers.
Fiction book (1997) -
I learned to meditate very many years ago.
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And I would say I probably meditate five days a week.
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Perhaps we should all meditate for a moment.
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Go within yourself and meditate on each breath.
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Perhaps we should meditate upon it, Spike, for it is said that when seeking answers, one must... quiet the soul in order to hear them.
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Is this reason enough to engage in traditional religious practices and to meditate on canonical religious books?
Academic text (1990) -
And I literally began learning how to meditate on Carla's suggestions.
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And we were gonna be one of those couples who meditate every single day and tell people about it because that is what people do in Los Angeles.
Synonyms
265
3.9
To think carefully about something before making a decision
186
4.8
To think deeply about something for a long time
134
4.3
Think carefully for a long time about something
63
7.3
To think quietly and deeply about life or ideas
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
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4.0
To think carefully about something 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
1
3.7
To stop worrying and think calmly to focus
Antonyms
How Deeply
Surface Forms
Morphology
meditate = medit (opaque) = medit + ate
The root 'medit' is not a standalone English word, making the derivation less transparent.
Etymology
The word meditate comes from the Latin meditari, which meant 'to think over' or 'practice'. Think of it as quietly 'training' your mind, so to meditate today means to calm and focus your thoughts on purpose.