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# contemplate

«contemplate» in Mova's school dictionary: **To look at something quietly for a long time and think…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (contemplates, contemplated, contemplating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To look at something quietly for a long time and think about it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemplate/#m1)

2) To think about doing something; to consider it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemplate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a hero stares at a thing or thinks hard before a choice: the girl contemplated the glowing lake.

### examples

- She sat contemplating the stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemplate/#x1)
- He contemplated the painting for an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemplate/#x2)
- I am contemplating a trip to the seaside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemplate/#x3)
- We contemplated the problem before we answered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemplate/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «contemplate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contemplate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.