Dictionary entry details
• CONTEMPLATE (verb)
Meaning:
Look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context example:
contemplate one's navel
Hypernyms (to "contemplate" is one way to...):
consider; look at; view (look at carefully; study mentally)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Consider as a possibility
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job
Hypernyms (to "contemplate" is one way to...):
consider; deal; look at; take (take into consideration for exemplifying purposes)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "contemplate"):
entertain; flirt with; think about; think of; toy with (take into consideration, have in view)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Meaning:
Think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
meditate; contemplate; study
Context example:
He is meditating in his study
Hypernyms (to "contemplate" is one way to...):
cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Reflect deeply on a subject
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
chew over; ponder; muse; mull over; mull; meditate; think over; excogitate; ruminate; speculate; reflect; contemplate
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "contemplate" is one way to...):
cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "contemplate"):
premeditate (think or reflect beforehand or in advance)
theologise; theologize (make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects)
introspect (reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings)
bethink (consider or ponder something carefully)
cogitate (consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind)
question; wonder (place in doubt or express doubtful speculation)
puzzle (be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide)
consider; study (give careful consideration to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
