contemplate

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• General-American: /ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.təmˌpleɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA1 N T AH0 M P L EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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First attested in the 1590s; borrowed from Latin contemplātus, the perfect active participle of contemplor (“to observe, survey, gaze (at), contemplate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). See also template.

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: դիտարկել (ditarkel) — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Bulgarian: обмислям (obmisljam) — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏅᏖ (adanvte) — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Dutch: beschouwen — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Dutch: contempleren — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Dutch: overwegen — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Finnish: pohtia — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Finnish: pohdiskella — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Finnish: mietiskellä — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Finnish: suunnitella — think about something in a concentrated manner
• French: envisager — think about something in a concentrated manner
• French: étudier — think about something in a concentrated manner
• French: contempler — think about something in a concentrated manner
• German: nachsinnen — think about something in a concentrated manner
• German: kontemplieren — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Greek: συλλογίζομαι (syllogízomai) — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Ancient Greek: σκοπέω (skopéō) — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Hebrew: הִתְבּוֹנֵן (hitbonén) — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Hindi: चिंतन (cintan) — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Hindi: मनन (manan) — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Hungarian: elmélkedik — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Hungarian: szemlél — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Interlingua: contemplar — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Italian: considerare — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Italian: contemplare — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Japanese: 熟考する (jukkō suru) — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Latin: meditor — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Latin: dispecto — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Latin: inspicio — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Māori: huritao — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Māori: whakaaroaro — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Māori: taute — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Norwegian: vurdere — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Persian: تفکر کردن — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Portuguese: contemplar — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Romanian: cugeta — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Romanian: contempla — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Romanian: chibzui — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Russian: размышля́ть (razmyšljátʹ) — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Scottish Gaelic: meòraich — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Scottish Gaelic: cnuasaich — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Slovak: kontemplovať — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Spanish: contemplar — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Swedish: överväga — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Swedish: betänka — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Turkish: yoğunlaşmak — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Turkish: düşünmek — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Vietnamese: nghĩ — think about something in a concentrated manner
• Yup'ik: umyuaqvagluni — think about something in a concentrated manner