"meditate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-us-meditate.ogg [US] Forms: meditates [present, singular, third-person], meditating [participle, present], meditated [participle, past], meditated [past]
Etymology: From Latin meditatus, past participle of meditārī (“to think or reflect upon, consider, design, purpose, intend”), in form as if frequentative of medērī (“to heal, to cure, to remedy”); in sense and in form near to Greek μελετῶ (meletô, “to care for, attend to, study, practise, etc.”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*med-}}, {{uder|en|la|meditatus}} Latin meditatus, {{m|la|meditor|meditārī|t=to think or reflect upon, consider, design, purpose, intend}} meditārī (“to think or reflect upon, consider, design, purpose, intend”), {{m|la|medeor|medērī|t=to heal, to cure, to remedy}} medērī (“to heal, to cure, to remedy”), {{m|grc|μελετῶ||to care for, attend to, study, practise, etc.}} μελετῶ (meletô, “to care for, attend to, study, practise, etc.”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} meditate (third-person singular simple present meditates, present participle meditating, simple past and past participle meditated)
  1. (intransitive) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study. Tags: intransitive Translations (to contemplate): përsiat (Albanian), përsias (Albanian), μελετάω (meletáō) (Ancient Greek), размишлявам (razmišljavam) (Bulgarian), обмислям (obmisljam) (Bulgarian), meditar (Catalan), 沉思 (chénsī) (Chinese Mandarin), meditovat (Czech), mediti (Esperanto), mietiskellä (Finnish), méditer (French), διαλογίζομαι (dialogízomai) (Greek), मनन करना (manan karnā) (Hindi), ध्यान देना (dhyān denā) (Hindi), meditare (Italian), filosofare (Italian), 瞑想する (Japanese), ធ្វើសមាធិ (thvəəsaʼmaathiʼ) (Khmer), 숙고하다 (sukgohada) (Korean), бясалгах (bjasalgax) (Mongolian), ulolea (Ngazidja Comorian), تعمق کردن (Persian), اندیشه کردن (Persian), medytować (Polish), medita (Romanian), медитировать (meditirovatʹ) (Russian), ध्यायति (dhyāyati) (Sanskrit), चिन्तयति (cintayati) (Sanskrit), meòraich (Scottish Gaelic), cnuasaich (Scottish Gaelic), meditar (Spanish), ทำสมาธิ (tam-sà-maa-tí) (Thai), เข้าฌาน (kâo-chaan) (Thai), meditasyon yapmak (Turkish), розду́мувати (rozdúmuvaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-meditate-en-verb-3gLsf3RO Disambiguation of 'to contemplate': 89 3 8
  2. (intransitive) To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious. Tags: intransitive Translations (to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious): медитирам (meditiram) (Bulgarian), meditar (Catalan), meditovat (Czech), mediteren (Dutch), meditoida (Finnish), आराम करना (ārām karnā) (Hindi), meditare (Italian), riflettere (Italian), meditar (Portuguese), meditar (Spanish), meditera (Swedish), медитува́ти (medytuváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-meditate-en-verb-DeSCOZAc Disambiguation of 'to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious': 2 92 6
  3. (transitive) To consider; to reflect on. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-meditate-en-verb-O~ecaVt6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 19 71 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 10 18 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: meditative, meditation, meditator

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} meditate
  1. inflection of meditare:
    second-person plural present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, second-person
    Sense id: en-meditate-it-verb-VTnMghep Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 83 12 4
  2. inflection of meditare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person
    Sense id: en-meditate-it-verb-ei5Nm9-F
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|past participle form|g=f-p}} meditate f pl
  1. feminine plural of meditato Tags: feminine, form-of, participle, plural Form of: meditato
    Sense id: en-meditate-it-verb-kI7CmgTH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Latin]

Forms: meditāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|participle form|head=meditāte}} meditāte
  1. vocative masculine singular of meditātus Tags: form-of, masculine, participle, singular, vocative Form of: meditātus
    Sense id: en-meditate-la-verb-V~jWQVYT Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} meditate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of meditar combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: meditar
    Sense id: en-meditate-es-verb-IkL6rgS7 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1761, John Toland, The Life Of Iohn Milton",
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          "ref": "1956, William Golding, Pincher Martin",
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        }
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "përsiat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "përsias"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razmišljavam",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "размишлявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obmisljam",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "обмислям"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "meditar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chénsī",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "沉思"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "meditovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "mediti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "mietiskellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "méditer"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dialogízomai",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "διαλογίζομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "meletáō",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "μελετάω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "manan karnā",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "मनन करना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dhyān denā",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "ध्यान देना"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "meditare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "filosofare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "瞑想する"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "thvəəsaʼmaathiʼ",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "ធ្វើសមាធិ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sukgohada",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "숙고하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "bjasalgax",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "бясалгах"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "ulolea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "تعمق کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "اندیشه کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "medytować"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "medita"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "meditirovatʹ",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "медитировать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "dhyāyati",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "ध्यायति"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "cintayati",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "चिन्तयति"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "meòraich"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "cnuasaich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "meditar"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tam-sà-maa-tí",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "ทำสมาธิ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kâo-chaan",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "เข้าฌาน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "meditasyon yapmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozdúmuvaty",
      "sense": "to contemplate",
      "word": "розду́мувати"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "meditiram",
      "sense": "to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious",
      "word": "медитирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious",
      "word": "meditar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious",
      "word": "meditovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious",
      "word": "mediteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious",
      "word": "meditoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ārām karnā",
      "sense": "to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious",
      "word": "आराम करना"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious",
      "word": "meditare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious",
      "word": "riflettere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious",
      "word": "meditar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious",
      "word": "meditar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious",
      "word": "meditera"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "medytuváty",
      "sense": "to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "медитува́ти"
    }
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}

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    "Italian past participle forms",
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "feminine plural of meditato"
      ],
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      "form": "meditāte",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Latin participle forms"
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        "vocative masculine singular of meditātus"
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Spanish verb forms"
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