meditative
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5.6
- adjective
- /ˈmɛdɪˌteɪtɪv/
- She enjoys practicing yoga because it helps her enter a meditative state of calmness.
- meditative practice
- meditative state
- meditative stillness
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Watch on YouTubeDo you have inside your daily life a meditative practice?
- Do you have inside your daily life a meditative practice?
- It's kind of, it's meditative in a sense.
- So I'm encouraging you to embark on meditative practices that are not your default.
- I, I, my prayer time is my meditative time.
- You are really in a zone and that state is a meditative state.
- And then afterwards, you, just, you, you sit in this incredibly deep, deep meditative state.
- I'm not like, well, your experience of every moment in life can also be meditative.
- They taught me a meditative practice, the pasta.
- So right, generally speaking, meditative practice like Vipassana.
- It is sort of in the line of meditative, being alone with your thoughts kind of idea.
Examples
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The detachment from the busyness of the mind in meditative practices can produce another level of consciousness.
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I can work myself into a calm, meditative state.
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Do you have inside your daily life a meditative practice?
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And there is, there was a sort of meditative quality about it that I find very special.
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Jim is in a meditative state.
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This calls for a meditative moment.
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So it's nice to enter a meditative state of acceptance.
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Some poems are meant to be meditative and want to take their time.
Academic text (2010) -
As I watch Annie caring for Benjamin, I see a meditative quality in her actions.
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I find that nowadays I have an overall more meditative sense of life while operating through daily routines.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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Serious and quietly thinking about something
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4.5
A person who thinks carefully about ideas or feelings
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7.0
Being quiet and deep in thought, often a little sad
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6.0
Thinking deeply and quietly, often for a long time
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7.1
Thinking deeply about something else and not noticing what is around you
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Focusing very seriously on something in your mind
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5.5
Thinking carefully for a long time about something
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Thinking deeply about something, often in a quiet way
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6.1
Being quiet and thinking deeply about something
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8.4
Being quiet and thinking deeply to feel calm
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Etymology
Meditative comes from the Latin verb meditari, which means 'to think' or 'consider'. It shares the same root as meditate and meditation, so to be meditative is to be calm and lost in deep thought.