CONTEMPLATE

Definition:

1. [verb] look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought; "contemplate one's navel"
   
   
2. [verb] consider as a possibility; "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job"
   
   
3. [verb] think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "He is meditating in his study"
   Synonyms: study, meditate
   
   
4. [verb] reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
   Synonyms: chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
   
   

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Related Words:

• entertain, think of, toy with, flirt with, think about
• premeditate
• theologize, theologise
• introspect
• bethink
• cogitate
• wonder, question
• puzzle
• study, consider

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