v., -dered, -der·ing, -ders.

v.tr.

To weigh in the mind with thoroughness and care.

v.intr.

To reflect or consider with thoroughness and care.

[Middle English ponderen, from Old French ponderer, from Latin ponderāre, from pondus, ponder-, weight.]

ponderer pon'der·er n.

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verb

To think or think about carefully and at length: chew on (or over), cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse¹, 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 about seriously
Antonyms: forget, ignore, neglect

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - overveje
v. intr. - spekulere

Nederlands (Dutch)
nadenken, overdenken, overwegen, (over)peinzen

Français (French)
v. tr. - considérer, réfléchir à
v. intr. - réfléchir, méditer

Deutsch (German)
v. - nachdenken, abwägen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καλοσκέφτομαι, μελετώ, σταθμίζω

Italiano (Italian)
pensare, ponderare, meditare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - ponderar, considerar

Русский (Russian)
обдумывать, взвешивать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - pensar, reflexionar, considerar
v. intr. - hacer una consideración o reflexión, tener un pensamiento

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - begrunda, grubbla, fundera, överväga

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
仔细考虑, 反思, 回想, 衡量, 沉思, 默想

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 仔細考慮, 反思, 回想, 衡量
v. intr. - 沈思, 默想, 仔細考慮

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 신중히 고려하다
v. intr. - 숙고하다, 깊이 생각하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - じっくり考える, 熟考する, …かをじっくり考える

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يفكر, يتامل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חשב, שקל‬
v. intr. - ‮חשב, הרהר‬

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