contemplate

verb

To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.

To consider as a possibility.

Roots

templumtempl- · Latin · sacred observed space

Synonyms for contemplate

ponderv excogitatev ruminatev meditatev considerv speculatev reflectv envisagev envisionv imaginev introspectv studyn

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