contemplate   (Sound)

The verb contemplate has 4 senses

• contemplate -- (look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought; "contemplate one's navel")


• contemplate -- (consider as a possibility; "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job")


• study, meditate, contemplate -- (think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "He is meditating in his study")


• 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")