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US
/ˈmɛdəˌteɪt/
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[ UK /mˈɛdɪtˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /mˈɛdɪtˌeɪt/ ]
VERB
-
think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
He is meditating in his study -
reflect deeply on a subject
philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
I mulled over the events of the afternoon
How To Use meditate In A Sentence
- Surrounded by cottonwoods and aspens and featuring a wooden footbridge and an abundance of regional flora and foliage, it's a place to meditate, contemplate, and relax.
- ‘You took a pre-meditated, calculated and awful revenge,’ the judge told him.
- The nobles of his court believed he had simply gone away from them for a time to meditate. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
- Well, clearly, to be murder in the first degree in California, it has to be willful, deliberate or premeditated.
- During an earlier scene of cooperative fruit picking with Cambodian and Laotian refugees, we are offered an opportunity to meditate on a pan-Asian Thailand of agrarian-pastoral well-being, and a move away from the tense border security of the 70s when refugees from Cambodia and Laos led Thailand to turn sharply to the right. Michael Vazquez: ON THE 48TH ANNUAL NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL
- A hairless philosopher who lives in the wilderness, meditates and kills people.
- Even advanced meditators agree that their experience is enriched when they meditate with others.
- I should think," meditated Page, taking the matter into serious consideration, "that the vitalness of even that experience would depend somewhat on the character undergoing it. The Bent Twig
- It doubled as a bedroom and a sitting room with its two deep blue chairs inviting one to sink down and meditate by the fire. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
- They were ordered by the organization to set up a violent gang and to premeditate terrorist activities. The case is under further investigation.
