contemplate

Verb

Meaning

To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study.

To consider or have in view, as contingent or probable; to look forward to; to purpose; to intend.

To consider or think studiously; to ponder; to reflect; to muse; to meditate.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

muse study ponder mull design plan purpose consider reflect examine propose intend speculate behold ruminate
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Antonyms

thank welch digress err avoid determine
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Hypernyms

take view deal think consider cerebrate

Hyponyms

study question consider puzzle wonder entertain

Related terms

contemplation contemplative contemplator

Phrases with the word

contemplate one's navel contemplate on contemplate the possibility of

Derivatives

contemplated contemplating

Examples

When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty. John Muir

There is absolutely no inevitability, so long as there is a willingness to contemplate what is happening. Marshall McLuhan

In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate. René Descartes

We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him. Simone Weil

Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate. Thomas Aquinas

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. Rachel Carson

Close letter words and terms

contemplance contemplant contemplatable contemplate on contemplate one's navel contemplate the possibility of