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1. (v.) ponder
to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate.
2. (v.t.) ponder
to weigh carefully in the mind; consider thoughtfully:
to ponder one's next move.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME pondren < MF ponderer < L ponderāre to ponder, weigh; akin to pendēre to be suspended, hang (see pend ))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
reflect deeply on a subject
"I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
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1. (verb) ponder
to weigh
2. (verb) ponder
to weigh in the mind; to view with deliberation; to examine carefully; to consider attentively
3. (verb) ponder
to think; to deliberate; to muse; -- usually followed by on or over
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Sense: to consider carefully
He pondered (on) the suggestion.
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 Afrikaans: oordink |
 Arabic: يُفَكِّر بِعِنايَه |
 Bulgarian: обмислям |
 Brazilian: ponderar |
 Czech: (roz)važovat |
 German: nachsinnen |
 Danish: overveje; spekulere på |
 Greek: μελετώ προσεκτικά |
 Spanish: considerar; meditar, refl |
 Estonian: kaalutlema |
 Farsi: سبک سنگین کردن |
 Finnish: pohtia |
 French: réfléchir (à/sur) |
 Hebrew: לְהַרהֵר |
 Hindi: सोचना, मनन करना, चिन्तन क |
 Croatian: duboko razmišljati, razbi |
 Hungarian: latolgat |
 Indonesian: merenungkan |
 Icelandic: hugleiða |
 Italian: ponderare |
 Japanese: よく考える |
 Korean: 숙고하다 |
 Lithuanian: gerai apgalvoti |
 Latvian: apsvērt; (rūpīgi) apdomāt |
 Malay: berfikir-fikir |
 Dutch: nadenken over |
 Norwegian: overveie, spekulere/grunn |
 Polish: rozważać |
 Persian: به دقت ملاحظه نمودن |
 Pashto: په پام سره كتل |
 Portuguese: ponderar |
 Romanian: a reflecta la |
 Russian: обдумывать; размышлять |
 Slovak: uvažovať |
 Slovenian: pretehtati |
 Serbian: pažljivo razmotriti |
 Swedish: överväga, begrunda |
 Thai: ครุ่นคิด |
 Turkish: uzun uzun düşünmek |
 Taiwanese: 深思，考慮 |
 Ukrainian: обмірковувати |
 Urdu: غور و فکر کرنا |
 Vietnamese: cân nhắc |
 Chinese: 深思，考虑 |
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