"contemplate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪt/ [General-American], /ˈkɒn.təmˌpleɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-contemplate.ogg Forms: contemplates [present, singular, third-person], contemplating [participle, present], contemplated [participle, past], contemplated [past]
Etymology: Attested since the 1590s; borrowed from Latin contemplātus, from contemplari (“observe, survey”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|contemplātus}} Latin contemplātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} contemplate (third-person singular simple present contemplates, present participle contemplating, simple past and past participle contemplated)
  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. Synonyms (look at): examine Translations (think about something in a concentrated manner): σκοπέω (skopéō) (Ancient Greek), դիտարկել (ditarkel) (Armenian), обмислям (obmisljam) (Bulgarian), ᎠᏓᏅᏖ (adanvte) (Cherokee), beschouwen (Dutch), contempleren (Dutch), overwegen (Dutch), pohtia (Finnish), pohdiskella (Finnish), mietiskellä (Finnish), suunnitella (Finnish), envisager (French), étudier (French), contempler (French), nachsinnen (German), kontemplieren (German), συλλογίζομαι (syllogízomai) (Greek), चिंतन (cintan) [masculine] (Hindi), मनन (manan) [masculine] (Hindi), elmélkedik (Hungarian), szemlél (Hungarian), contemplar (Interlingua), considerare (Italian), contemplare (Italian), 熟考する (jukkō suru) (alt: じゅっこうする) (Japanese), meditor (Latin), dispecto (Latin), inspicio (Latin), huritao (Maori), whakaaroaro (Maori), taute (Maori), vurdere (Norwegian), تفکر کردن (Persian), contemplar (Portuguese), cugeta (Romanian), contempla (Romanian), chibzui (Romanian), размышля́ть (razmyšljátʹ) (Russian), meòraich (Scottish Gaelic), cnuasaich (Scottish Gaelic), contemplar (Spanish), överväga (Swedish), betänka (Swedish), yoğunlaşmak (Turkish), düşünmek (Turkish), nghĩ (Vietnamese), umyuaqvagluni (Yup'ik)
    Sense id: en-contemplate-en-verb-drzTHxBl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cherokee translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Yup'ik translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Cherokee translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Yup'ik translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'look at': 94 6 Disambiguation of 'think about something in a concentrated manner': 71 29
  2. To consider as a possibility.
    Sense id: en-contemplate-en-verb-u9A3WErm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: contemplatable, contemplate one's navel, contemplatingly, contemplatist, contemplative, contemplator, recontemplate, uncontemplated Related terms: contemplation

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 1:",
          "text": "To love, at least contemplate and admire, / What I see excellent.",
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          "ref": "1793 February 18, Alexander Hamilton, Loans, speech given to the United States House of Representatives",
          "text": "There remain some particulars to complete the information contemplated by those resolutions."
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          "text": "If a treaty contains any stipulations which contemplate a state of future war.",
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          "text": "In Calcutta, season tickets are issued only for the calendar month, with a different colour for each month, so that this problem does not arise. The merest whisper of an idea to change Bombay to the Calcutta system brought such a howl of protest in the Press, that it was never seriously contemplated.",
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          "text": "Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.",
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      "word": "contemplate one's navel"
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          "ref": "1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 1:",
          "text": "To love, at least contemplate and admire, / What I see excellent.",
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          "ref": "1818, Lord Byron, “Canto IV”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Fourth, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza CLVIII:",
          "text": "We thus dilate / Our spirits to the size of that they contemplate.",
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          "ref": "1793 February 18, Alexander Hamilton, Loans, speech given to the United States House of Representatives",
          "text": "There remain some particulars to complete the information contemplated by those resolutions."
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          "ref": "1826, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law:",
          "text": "If a treaty contains any stipulations which contemplate a state of future war.",
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          "ref": "1953 November, 'Erca', “Ticket Frauds in the East”, in Railway Magazine, page 779:",
          "text": "In Calcutta, season tickets are issued only for the calendar month, with a different colour for each month, so that this problem does not arise. The merest whisper of an idea to change Bombay to the Calcutta system brought such a howl of protest in the Press, that it was never seriously contemplated.",
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          "ref": "2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:",
          "text": "Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ditarkel",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "դիտարկել"
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      "roman": "obmisljam",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "обмислям"
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      "code": "chr",
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      "roman": "adanvte",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "ᎠᏓᏅᏖ"
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      "word": "beschouwen"
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      "word": "contempleren"
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      "word": "overwegen"
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      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "pohtia"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "envisager"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "étudier"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "contempler"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "nachsinnen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "kontemplieren"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "συλλογίζομαι"
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      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "σκοπέω"
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      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "चिंतन"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
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      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "elmélkedik"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "szemlél"
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      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "contemplar"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "considerare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "contemplare"
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      "alt": "じゅっこうする",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "熟考する"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "meditor"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "dispecto"
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    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "inspicio"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "huritao"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "whakaaroaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "taute"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "vurdere"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "تفکر کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "contemplar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "cugeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "contempla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "chibzui"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razmyšljátʹ",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "размышля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "meòraich"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "cnuasaich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "contemplar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "överväga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "betänka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "yoğunlaşmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "düşünmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "nghĩ"
    },
    {
      "code": "esu",
      "lang": "Yup'ik",
      "sense": "think about something in a concentrated manner",
      "word": "umyuaqvagluni"
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  "word": "contemplate"
}

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