contemplate
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contemplate
- /ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪt/ US
- /ˈkɒn.təmˌpleɪt/ UK
Where it comes from
First attested in the 1590s; borrowed from Latin contemplātus, the perfect active participle of contemplor (“to observe, survey, gaze (at), contemplate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). See also template.
verb contemplates · contemplating · contemplated
- To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider. To love, at least contemplate and admire, / What I see excellent.
- To consider as a possibility. I contemplated doing the project myself, but it would have taken too long.
