Contemplate

Verb

 * 1) To think about something in a concentrated manner or for an extended period of time. To think deeply about something; to ponder or consider.
 * 2) To consider as a possibility.

Adverbs for Contemplate
objectively; actually; soberly; vaguely; philosophically; consciously; listlessly; curiously; dreamily; serenely; profoundly; rapturously; complacently; severely; plaintively.

Derived terms
contemplative; contemplatively

Thesaurus
brood, brood over, chew over, chew the cud, con, consider, debate, deliberate, deliberate over, design, dig, digest, dread, drift, drill, elucubrate, entertain thoughts of, envisage, envision, examine, excogitate, expect, eye, face, foreglimpse, foresee, foretaste, give the eye, give the once-over, go over, grind, harbor an idea, hard look, have in mind, have in view, have thoughts about, hold an idea, hold the thought, hope, image, imagine, inspect, intend, introspect, keep in mind, leer, leer at, look ahead, look at, look beyond, look forward to, look over, look upon, lucubrate, mean, meditate, mind, mull over, muse, muse on, muse over, observe, ogle, ogle at, perpend, peruse, plan, play around with, play with, plunge into, ponder, ponder over, pore, pore over, practice, predict, presume, read, reflect, regard, regard studiously, restudy, review, roam, ruminate, ruminate over, scan, scrutinize, see, see ahead, see beforehand, size up, speculate, study, survey, swot, take a long, take for granted, take stock of, think, think about, think of, think over, toy with, vet, view, visualize, wade through, weigh

Translations

 * Bulgarian: обмислям
 * Finnish: pohtia, pohdiskella, mietiskellä, suunnitella
 * French:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, szemlél
 * Interlingua:
 * Japanese: 熟考する (じゅっこうする, jyukkousurú) (1)


 * Norwegian: vurdere
 * Romanian: cugeta, contempla, chibzui
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: yoğunlaşmak

Verb
contemplate



Anagrams

 * completante