contemplate

1 look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought; "contemplate one's navel"

2 consider as a possibility; "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job"

3 think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "He is meditating in his study" [syn: study, meditate]

4 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" [syn: chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate]

English

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɑn.təm.ˌpleɪt/
• /"kAn.t@m.%pleIt/

Verb

1. To think about something in a concentrated manner or for an extended period of time. To think deeply about something; to ponder or consider.
2. To consider as a possibility.

   I contemplated doing the project myself, but it would have taken too long.

Translations

Italian

Verb

contemplate

1. Form of Second-person plural imperative, contemplare#Italian|contemplare

aim, anticipate, be abstracted, bear in mind, behold, bone, brood, brood over, chew over, chew the cud, con, consider, debate, deliberate, deliberate over, design, dig, digest, dread, drift, drill, elucubrate, entertain thoughts of, envisage, envision, examine, excogitate, expect, eye, face, foreglimpse, foresee, foretaste, give the eye, give the once-over, go over, grind, harbor an idea, hard look, have in mind, have in view, have thoughts about, hold an idea, hold the thought, hope, image, imagine, inspect, intend, introspect, keep in mind, leer, leer at, look ahead, look at, look beyond, look forward to, look over, look upon, lucubrate, mean, meditate, mind, mull over, muse, muse on, muse over, observe, ogle, ogle at, perpend, peruse, plan, play around with, play with, plunge into, ponder, ponder over, pore, pore over, practice, predict, presume, read, reflect, regard, regard studiously, restudy, review, roam, ruminate, ruminate over, scan, scrutinize, see, see ahead, see beforehand, size up, speculate, study, survey, swot, take a long, take for granted, take stock of, think, think about, think of, think over, toy with, vet, view, visualize, wade through, weigh