v., -tat·ed, -tat·ing, -tates.

v.tr.

1. To reflect on; contemplate.
2. To plan in the mind; intend: meditated a visit to her daughter.

v.intr.

1. 1. Buddhism & Hinduism. To train, calm, or empty the mind, often by achieving an altered state, as by focusing on a single object.
   2. To engage in devotional contemplation, especially prayer.
2. To think or reflect, especially in a calm and deliberate manner.

[Latin meditārī, meditāt-.]

meditator med'i·ta'tor n.

verb

To think or think about carefully and at length: chew on (or over), cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, mull, muse¹, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think out, think over, think through, turn over, weigh. Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain. See thoughts.

v

Definition: think deeply about
Antonyms: dismiss, ignore, neglect

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IN BRIEF: To spend time in quiet thinking.

I needed to meditate on many of the ideas in that book in order to really understand its true meaning.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tænke på, pønse på, planlægge (i tankerne)
v. intr. - meditere, gruble, grunde

Nederlands (Dutch)
mediteren, overpeinzen, voornemen/plannen

Français (French)
v. tr. - méditer (de faire)
v. intr. - méditer sur

Deutsch (German)
v. - meditieren, nachdenken, erwägen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - συλλογίζομαι, στοχάζομαι, μελετώ, σκέπτομαι, σχεδιάζω

Italiano (Italian)
meditare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - projetar, contemplar, meditar

Русский (Russian)
замышлять, размышлять, созерцать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - meditar, planear, proponerse
v. intr. - meditar, reflexionar sobre, planear, reflexionar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - fundera på, meditera

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
想, 计划, 考虑, 沉思, 深思熟虑

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 想, 計劃, 考慮
v. intr. - 沈思, 深思熟慮

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 깊이 생각하다, 의도하다
v. intr. - 깊이 생각하다, 명상하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 深く考える, 瞑想する, もくろむ, 企てる, 計画する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يفكر, يستغرق في التأمل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮תכנן במחשבה, שקל‬
v. intr. - ‮שקע במחשבות, חשב, התבונן התבוננת פנימית‬

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