meditation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A devotional exercise of, or leading to, contemplation.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any of various types of achieving more or less altered states of consciousness, such as vacancy of mind or prolonged contemplation on a single sensation or thought, through relaxed or focused mental and physical activity generally of a nonstrenuous and non–substance-induced nature.
3. (countable, uncountable) A contemplative discourse, often on a religious or philosophical subject.
4. (countable, uncountable) A musical theme treated in a meditative manner.
5. (countable, uncountable) Careful and thorough thought.

Synonyms

contemplation

thought

💭

reflection

musing

speculation

thinking

🤔

consideration

cogitation

deliberation

study

concentration

reason

idea

💡

rumination

introspection

pensiveness

comission

ponder

pondering

prayer

ratiocination

reasoning

recollection

reconsideration

reflexion

reverie

revery

ruminate

thinking over

thoughts

deep thought

groaning in distress

silent contemplation

intuitive vision

thoughtful mood

religious abstraction

Luyana

mental worship

absorption

advisement

anxiety

ascetism

attention

cerebration

colloquy

concept

daydream

debate

devotion

enlightenment

Translations

méditation

Meditation

meditazione

meditación

διαλογισμός

Kontemplation

meditatie

meditação

Betrachtung

σκέψη

περισυλλογή

meditació

Nachdenken

Überlegung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɛdɪˈteɪʃən/

Etymology

From Old French meditacion, from Latin meditatio, from meditatus, the past participle of meditārī (“to meditate, to think over, consider”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, limit, consider, advise”).