Contemplation

Noun

 * 1) The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study.
 * 2) Holy meditation.
 * 3) The act of looking forward to an event as about to happen; expectation; the act of intending or purposing.

Adjectives for Contemplation
frowning; ravishing; precocious; listless; passing; will-less; curious; celestial; absorbed; deep; hopeless; cold; solitary; mystic; dreamy; serene; wondering; academic; narrow; unfettered; profound; continued; sundry; comprehensive; silent; lofty; spiritual; complacent; zealous; rapturous; lonely; steadfast; habitual; pleasurable; melancholy; selfish; leaden; severe.

Verbs for Contemplation
absorb in—; arouse from—; drift in—; engross in—; hold in—; fall into—; lose in—; meditate in—; molest in—; rejoice in—; soar in—; steep in—; swathe in—; wrap in—; —beholds; —colors; —pictures; —reflects ; —stirs.

Thesaurus
absorbed attention, absorption, advisement, aid prayer, anticipation, appeal, application, ataraxia, ataraxy, beadroll, beads, beseechment, bidding prayer, boning, brainwork, breviary, brooding, calmness, certainty, chaplet, collect, communion, composure, concentration, confidence, conning, consideration, contemplative life, counsel, cram, cramming, deep study, deep thought, deliberation, devotions, discretion, do-nothing policy, do-nothingism, do-nothingness, dormancy, drill, engagement, engrossment, entreaty, envisagement, envisionment, examination, exercise, expectancy, expectation, extensive study, eyeball inspection, farseeingness, farsightedness, forecast, foreglance, foregleam, foreglimpse, forehandedness, foreseeing, foresight, foresightedness, grace, grind, grinding, headwork, idleness, immersion, imminence, immobility, imperturbability, impetration, imploration, inaction, inactivity, indolence, inertia, inertness, inspection, intentness, intercession, invocation, involvement, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, laissez-faireism, litany, longsightedness, looking ahead, lucid stillness, lucubration, marmoreal repose, meditation, mental labor, monomania, musing, neutralism, neutrality, neutralness, nirvana, noninvolvement, nonparticipation, nonresistance, nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, obsecration, obsession, obtestation, ocular inspection, orison, overview, pacifism, paralysis, passive resistance, passive self-annihilation, passiveness, passivism, passivity, peace, peacefulness, perusal, petition, placidity, placidness, policy, pondering, practice, prayer, prayer wheel, prediction, preoccupation, preparation, prepublication, preview, prevision, probability, procrastination, profound thought, prospect, prospection, providence, provision, prudence, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietism, quietness, quietude, rapt attention, readiness, reading, reflection, reliance, repose, rest, restfulness, restudy, restudying, review, revolving, rogation, rosary, rumination, sagacity, satori, scrutiny, serenity, silence, silent prayer, silken repose, single-mindedness, sleep, slumber, speculation, stagnancy, stagnation, standpattism, stasis, stillness, studiousness, study, studying, subject, submersion, suit, supplication, survey, swotting, thanks, thanksgiving, the eye, thought, tranquillity, unastonishment, vegetation, vetting, visual examination, vita contemplativa, waiting game, watching and waiting, weighing, wide reading, wise passiveness

Pronunciation




Translations

 * Arabic: تفكر
 * Bulgarian: размишление
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: tutkiskelu, mietiskely, tutkiskelu


 * Russian: размышление, раздумье
 * Serbian: sozercanje


 * Bulgarian: съзерцание
 * Finnish: uskonnollinen mietiskely


 * Russian: созерцание,, благочестивые размышления


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:


 * Russian: предвкушение