ponder
English
Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French ponderer (“to weigh, balance, ponder”) (French pondérer), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ponderare (“to weigh, ponder, in (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "ML." is not valid. See WT:LOL. also to load”), from pondus (“weight”), from pendere (“to weigh”); see pendent and pound.
Pronunciation
Verb
ponder (third-person singular simple present ponders, present participle pondering, simple past and past participle pondered)
- to wonder, think of deeply
- to consider (something) carefully and thoroughly; to chew over, mull over
- I have spent days pondering the meaning of life.
- Bible, Proverbs iv. 26
- Ponder the path of thy feet.
- (obsolete) to weigh
Synonyms
- chew over
- mull over
- See also Thesaurus:ponder
Related terms
Translations
to think deeply
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to consider carefully
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Noun
ponder (plural ponders)
- (colloquial) A period of deep thought.
- I lit my pipe and had a ponder about it, but reached no definite conclusion.
Further reading
- “ponder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “ponder”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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