~ (about / on / over sth) (written) to think about sth carefully for a period of time
SYNCONSIDER:
[V] She pondered over his words. * They were left to ponder on the implications of the announcement. * [VN] The senator pondered the question for a moment. * We intend to ponder all the alternatives before acting. * [Vwh-] They are pondering whether the money could be better used elsewhere. [also Vspeech]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for ponder is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is ponder a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, ponder is tagged as verb.
Does ponder appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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