contemplate

Meaning

1. To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.
2. To consider as a possibility.

Synonyms

consider

meditate

ponder

think

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reflect

cogitate

think over

study

speculate

deliberate

muse

ruminate

intend

design

envisage

view

gaze

regard

propose

examine

think about

mull

plan

think of

deem

stare

excogitate

mull over

judge

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chew over

stare at

take a look at

anticipate

weigh

think carefully

scrutinize

recollect

project

expect

concentrate

observe

reason

plot

be anxious

draw

devise

determine

cast about

be about

decide

Translations

contempler

contemplar

contemplare

contemplar

betrachten

réfléchir

méditer

riflettere

συλλογίζομαι

meditar

beschouwen

songer

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considerare

nachdenken

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überlegen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪt/

Etymology

First attested in the 1590s; borrowed from Latin contemplātus, the perfect active participle of contemplor (“to observe, survey, gaze (at), contemplate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). See also template.