1 to think about whether you should do sth, or how you should do sth
SYNCONSIDER, THINKABOUT/OF:
[VN] You're too young to be contemplating retirement. * [V-ing] I have never contemplated living abroad. [also Vwh-, VN-ing]
2 to think carefully about and accept the possibility of sth happening:
[VN] The thought of war is too awful to contemplate. * [Vwh-] I can't contemplate what it would be like to be alone. [also Vthat]
3 (formal) to think deeply about sth for a long time:
[VN] to contemplate your future * [V] She lay in bed, contemplating.
4 [VN] (formal) to look at sth in a careful way for a long time:
She contemplated him in silence. * He sat there, contemplating his fingernails.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for contemplate is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is contemplate a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, contemplate is tagged as verb.
Does contemplate appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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