ponder

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɒn.də/
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• General-American: /ˈpɑn.dəɹ/
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• rhymes with -ɒndə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: P AA1 N D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English ponderen, from Old French ponderer (“to weigh, balance, ponder”) from Latin ponderāre (“to weigh, ponder”), from pondus (“weight”), from pendere (“to weigh”); see pendent and pound.

148 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَفَكَّرَ (tafakkara) — to think deeply
• Arabic: فَكَّرَ (fakkara) — to think deeply
• Armenian: մտորել (mtorel) — to think deeply
• Belarusian: разважа́ць (razvažácʹ) — to think deeply
• Belarusian: разва́жыць (razvážycʹ) — to think deeply
• Belarusian: ду́маць (dúmacʹ) — to think deeply
• Belarusian: паду́маць (padúmacʹ) — to think deeply
• Bulgarian: размишля́вам (razmišljávam) — to think deeply
• Bulgarian: разми́слям (razmísljam) — to think deeply
• Bulgarian: разми́сля (razmíslja) — to think deeply
• Catalan: ponderar — to think deeply
• Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏅᏖᏗ (adanvtedi) — to think deeply
• Chinese Mandarin: 思考 (sīkǎo) — to think deeply
• Chinese Mandarin: 琢磨 (zuómo) — to think deeply
• Chinese Mandarin: 沈思 (chénsī) — to think deeply
• Chinese Mandarin: 沉思 (chénsī) — to think deeply
• Chuukese: ekipwichi — to think deeply
• Czech: přemýšlet — to think deeply
• Danish: gruble — to think deeply
• Danish: fundere — to think deeply
• Dutch: overwegen — to think deeply
• Dutch: overpeinzen — to think deeply
• Esperanto: pensi — to think deeply
• Finnish: pohtia — to think deeply
• French: songer — to think deeply
• French: réfléchir — to think deeply
• Galician: ponderar — to think deeply
• Galician: parar mentes — to think deeply
• German: grübeln — to think deeply
• Hebrew: הִרְהֵר (hirhér) — to think deeply
• Hindi: सोचना (socnā) — to think deeply
• Hindi: चिंतन करना (cintan karnā) — to think deeply
• Hindi: मंथन करना (manthan karnā) — to think deeply
• Hungarian: mereng — to think deeply
• Hungarian: elmereng — to think deeply
• Hungarian: tűnődik — to think deeply
• Hungarian: eltűnődik — to think deeply
• Hungarian: elmélkedik — to think deeply
• Hungarian: mérlegel — to think deeply
• Icelandic: íhuga — to think deeply
• Ido: ponderar — to think deeply
• Ido: meditar — to think deeply
• Ido: reflektar — to think deeply
• Ido: konsiderar — to think deeply
• Italian: ponderare — to think deeply
• Japanese: 熟考する (jukkō suru) — to think deeply
• Kazakh: толғану (tolğanu) — to think deeply
• Korean: 숙고하다 (sukgohada) — to think deeply
• Latin: dēlīberō — to think deeply
• Latin: meditor — to think deeply
• Latin: pensitō — to think deeply
• Macedonian: размислува (razmisluva) — to think deeply
• Macedonian: размисли (razmisli) — to think deeply
• Malay: merenungi — to think deeply
• Māori: taute — to think deeply
• Māori: whakaaroaro — to think deeply
• Khiamniungan Naga: thólū — to think deeply
• Occitan: pensar — to think deeply
• Occitan: perpensar — to think deeply
• Iranian Persian: اَنْدیشیدَن (andišidan) — to think deeply
• Iranian Persian: فِکْر کَرْدَن (fekr kardan) — to think deeply
• Polish: dumać — to think deeply
• Polish: rozważać — to think deeply
• Polish: rozważyć — to think deeply
• Polish: rozmyślać — to think deeply
• Polish: namyślać się — to think deeply
• Polish: namyślić się — to think deeply
• Portuguese: ponderar — to think deeply
• Russian: размышля́ть (razmyšljátʹ) — to think deeply
• Russian: размы́слить (razmýslitʹ) — to think deeply
• Russian: заду́мываться (zadúmyvatʹsja) — to think deeply
• Russian: заду́маться (zadúmatʹsja) — to think deeply
• Russian: ду́мать (dúmatʹ) — to think deeply
• Russian: поду́мать (podúmatʹ) — to think deeply
• Sanskrit: मन्यते (manyate) — to think deeply
• Scottish Gaelic: meòraich — to think deeply
• Scottish Gaelic: cnuasaich — to think deeply
• Serbo-Croatian: разми́шљати — to think deeply
• Serbo-Croatian: ра̀змислити — to think deeply
• Serbo-Croatian: razmíšljati — to think deeply
• Serbo-Croatian: ràzmisliti — to think deeply
• Slovak: premýšľať — to think deeply
• Slovene: razmišljati — to think deeply
• Slovene: razmisliti — to think deeply
• Spanish: considerar — to think deeply
• Spanish: meditar — to think deeply
• Spanish: cavilar — to think deeply
• Spanish: discurrir — to think deeply
• Swedish: fundera — to think deeply
• Swedish: begrunda — to think deeply
• Swedish: grunna — to think deeply
• Tamil: யோசி (yōci) — to think deeply
• Turkish: düşünüp taşınmak — to think deeply
• Ukrainian: розмірко́вувати (rozmirkóvuvaty) — to think deeply
• Ukrainian: розміркува́ти (rozmirkuváty) — to think deeply
• Ukrainian: ду́мати (dúmaty) — to think deeply
• Ukrainian: поду́мати (podúmaty) — to think deeply
• Urdu: سوچْنا (socnā) — to think deeply
• Arabic: مخمخ (maḵmaḵ) — to consider carefully
• Armenian: մտորել (mtorel) — to consider carefully
• Belarusian: абмярко́ўваць (abmjarkówvacʹ) — to consider carefully
• Belarusian: абмеркава́ць (abmjerkavácʹ) — to consider carefully
• Belarusian: абду́мваць (abdúmvacʹ) — to consider carefully
• Belarusian: абду́маць (abdúmacʹ) — to consider carefully
• Bulgarian: обми́слям (obmísljam) — to consider carefully
• Bulgarian: обми́сля (obmíslja) — to consider carefully
• Catalan: ponderar — to consider carefully
• Chinese Mandarin: 思考 (sīkǎo) — to consider carefully
• Chinese Mandarin: 考慮 /考虑 (kǎolǜ) — to consider carefully
• Danish: tænke efter — to consider carefully
• Dutch: overdenken — to consider carefully
• Esperanto: pripensi — to consider carefully
• Finnish: pohtia — to consider carefully
• French: s'interroger — to consider carefully
• Galician: ponderar — to consider carefully
• Galician: parar mentes — to consider carefully
• German: überlegen — to consider carefully
• German: nachdenken — to consider carefully
• Hindi: विचारना (vicārnā) — to consider carefully
• Hindi: चिंतन करना (cintan karnā) — to consider carefully
• Hungarian: latolgat — to consider carefully
• Hungarian: fontolgat — to consider carefully
• Hungarian: mérlegel — to consider carefully
• Hungarian: fontolóra vesz — to consider carefully
• Icelandic: íhuga — to consider carefully
• Italian: ponderare — to consider carefully
• Latin: expendō — to consider carefully
• Latin: meditor — to consider carefully
• Latin: aspicio — to consider carefully
• Māori: taute — to consider carefully
• Māori: hurihuri — to consider carefully
• Polish: zastanawiać się — to consider carefully
• Polish: zastanowić się — to consider carefully
• Portuguese: ponderar — to consider carefully
• Russian: обду́мывать (obdúmyvatʹ) — to consider carefully
• Russian: обду́мать (obdúmatʹ) — to consider carefully
• Scottish Gaelic: meòraich — to consider carefully
• Scottish Gaelic: cnuasaich — to consider carefully
• Spanish: ponderar — to consider carefully
• Spanish: sopesar — to consider carefully
• Swedish: fundera — to consider carefully
• Swedish: grubbla — to consider carefully
• Swedish: grunna — to consider carefully
• Ottoman Turkish: طارتمق (tartmak) — to consider carefully
• Ukrainian: обду́мувати (obdúmuvaty) — to consider carefully
• Ukrainian: обду́мати (obdúmaty) — to consider carefully
• Ukrainian: обмірко́вувати (obmirkóvuvaty) — to consider carefully
• Ukrainian: обміркува́ти (obmirkuváty) — to consider carefully