contemplate

contemplate
Synonyms and related words:
aim, anticipate, be abstracted, bear in mind, behold, bone, 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

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  • Contemplate — Con tem*plate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contemplated} (# or #); p. pr. & vb. n. {Contemplating}.] [L. contemplatus, p. p. of contemplari to contemplate; con + templum a space for observation marked out by the augur. See {Temple}.] 1. To look …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Contemplate — Con tem*plate, v. i. To consider or think studiously; to ponder; to reflect; to muse; to meditate. [1913 Webster] So many hours must I contemplate. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • contemplate — [v1] think about seriously; plan aim, aspire to, brood over, chew over, consider, cool out*, deliberate, design, envisage, excogitate, expect, foresee, intend, kick around*, mean, meditate on, mind, mull over, muse over, observe, percolate,… …   New thesaurus

  • contemplate — ► VERB 1) look at thoughtfully. 2) think about. 3) think profoundly and at length. 4) have as a probable intention. DERIVATIVES contemplator noun. ORIGIN Latin contemplari survey, observe, contemplate , from templum …   English terms dictionary

  • contemplate — index anticipate (expect), brood, concentrate (pay attention), conjure, consider, deliberate, de …   Law dictionary

  • contemplate — 1590s, from L. contemplatus, pp. of contemplari survey, observe (see CONTEMPLATION (Cf. contemplation)). Related: Contemplated; contemplating …   Etymology dictionary

  • contemplate — 1 study, *consider, weigh, excogitate Analogous words: *ponder, meditate, muse, ruminate: reflect, cogitate, speculate, *think 2 observe, survey, notice, remark, note, perceive, discern, *see, view, behold, descry, espy Analogous words: * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • contemplate — [kän′təm plāt΄] vt. contemplated, contemplating [< L contemplatus, pp. of contemplari, to gaze attentively, observe (orig., in augury, to mark out space for observation < com , intens. + templum,TEMPLE1] 1. to look at intently; gaze at 2.… …   English World dictionary

  • contemplate — verb ADVERB ▪ seriously ▪ She was seriously contemplating moving to Mexico. ▪ even ▪ How could you even contemplate such an idea? VERB + CONTEMPLATE ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • contemplate — con|tem|plate [ˈkɔntəmpleıt US ˈka:n ] v [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of contemplari, from com ( COM ) + templum ( TEMPLE)] 1.) [T] to think about something that you might do in the future = ↑consider ▪ He had even… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • contemplate */*/ — UK [ˈkɒntəmˌpleɪt] / US [ˈkɑntəmˌpleɪt] verb Word forms contemplate : present tense I/you/we/they contemplate he/she/it contemplates present participle contemplating past tense contemplated past participle contemplated 1) a) [transitive] to… …   English dictionary

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