meditate

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• /ˈmɛ.dɪˌteɪt/
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First attested in 1560; borrowed from Latin meditātus, perfect active participle of meditor (“to think or reflect upon, consider, design, purpose, intend”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), morphologically as if frequentative of medeor (“to heal, to cure, to remedy”); in sense and in form near to Ancient Greek μελετάω (meletáō, “to care for, attend to, study, practise, etc.”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: përsiat — to contemplate
• Albanian: përsias — to contemplate
• Bulgarian: размишлявам (razmišljavam) — to contemplate
• Bulgarian: обмислям (obmisljam) — to contemplate
• Catalan: meditar — to contemplate
• Chinese Mandarin: 沉思 (chénsī) — to contemplate
• Chinese Mandarin: 冥想 (míngxiǎng) — to contemplate
• Ngazidja Comorian: ulolea — to contemplate
• Czech: meditovat — to contemplate
• Esperanto: mediti — to contemplate
• Finnish: mietiskellä — to contemplate
• French: méditer — to contemplate
• Greek: διαλογίζομαι (dialogízomai) — to contemplate
• Ancient Greek: μελετάω (meletáō) — to contemplate
• Hindi: मनन करना (manan karnā) — to contemplate
• Hindi: ध्यान देना (dhyān denā) — to contemplate
• Irish: meabhraigh — to contemplate
• Italian: meditare — to contemplate
• Italian: filosofare — to contemplate
• Japanese: 瞑想する — to contemplate
• Khmer: ធ្វើសមាធិ (thvəəsaʼmaathiʼ) — to contemplate
• Korean: 숙고하다 (sukgohada) — to contemplate
• Mongolian: бясалгах (bjasalgax) — to contemplate
• Persian: تعمق کردن — to contemplate
• Persian: اندیشه کردن — to contemplate
• Polish: medytować — to contemplate
• Romanian: medita — to contemplate
• Russian: медитировать (meditirovatʹ) — to contemplate
• Sanskrit: ध्यायति (dhyāyati) — to contemplate
• Sanskrit: चिन्तयति (cintayati) — to contemplate
• Scottish Gaelic: meòraich — to contemplate
• Scottish Gaelic: cnuasaich — to contemplate
• Spanish: meditar — to contemplate
• Thai: ทําสมาธิ (tam-sà-maa-tí) — to contemplate
• Thai: เข้าฌาน (kâo-chaan) — to contemplate
• Turkish: meditasyon yapmak — to contemplate
• Ukrainian: розду́мувати (rozdúmuvaty) — to contemplate
• Bulgarian: медитирам (meditiram) — to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious
• Catalan: meditar — to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious
• Czech: meditovat — to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious
• Dutch: mediteren — to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious
• Finnish: meditoida — to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious
• Hindi: आराम करना (ārām karnā) — to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious
• Italian: meditare — to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious
• Italian: riflettere — to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious
• Portuguese: meditar — to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious
• Spanish: meditar — to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious
• Swedish: meditera — to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious
• Ukrainian: медитува́ти (medytuváty) — to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious