ponder

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 External links

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[edit] Etymology

< Latin ponderare (“‘to weigh, ponder, in ML. also to load’”) < pondus (“‘weight’”) < pendere (“‘to weigh’”); see pendent and pound.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɒn.də(r)/
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• Rhymes: -ɒndə(r)

[edit] Verb

to ponder (third-person singular simple present ponders, present participle pondering, simple past and past participle pondered)

1. To wonder, to think of deeply.
2. To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly; to chew over, to mull over.

   [It's] time to ponder over its fallacies

[edit] Synonyms

• chew over
• mull over
• See also Wikisaurus:ponder

[edit] Related terms

• preponder
• preponderance
• preponderant
• preponderate

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• ponder in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• ponder in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911