"contemplate" meaning in English

See contemplate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɒn.təm.ˌpleɪt/ [UK], /ˈkɑn.təm.ˌpleɪt/ [US] Audio: en-us-contemplate.ogg [US] Forms: contemplate [canonical], contemplates [third-person, singular], contemplated [past], contemplated [past, participle], contemplating [present, participle]
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  1. If you contemplate something, you think it over slowly and carefully.
    Sense id: simple-contemplate-en-verb-uN9lFCSS
     
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