Synonyms for meditate
ˈmɛd ɪˌteɪtmed·i·tate

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1. meditate

   An individual considers, meditates, ponders, reflects, by himself; he weighs a matter in his own mind, and is sometimes said even to debate with himself. Consult and confer always imply two or more persons, as does debate, unless expressly limited as above. Confer suggests the interchange of counsel, advice, or information; consult indicates almost exclusively the receiving of it. A man confers with his associates about a new investment; he consults his physician about his health; he may confer with him on matters of general interest. He consults a dictionary, but does not confer with it. Deliberate, which can be applied to a single individual, is also the word for a great number, while consult is ordinarily limited to a few; a committee consults; an assembly deliberates. Deliberating always carries the idea of slowness; consulting is compatible with haste; we can speak of a hasty consultation, not of a hasty deliberation. Debate implies opposing views; deliberate, simply a gathering and balancing of all facts and reasons. We consider or deliberate with a view to action, while meditation may be quite purposeless.

   Synonyms:
   confer, consider, consult, debate, deliberate, ponder, reflect, weigh

   Preposition:
   We deliberate on or upon, also about or concerning a matter: the first two are preferable.

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1. meditate

   Synonyms:
   think, cogitate, purpose, ruminate, contemplate, plan, revolve, consider

   Antonyms:
   execute, enact, complete, consummate

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1. chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculateverb

   reflect deeply on a subject

   "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

   Synonyms:
   hypothecate, shine, contemplate, theorise, speculate, theorize, reflect, chew over, excogitate, suppose, hypothesise, formulate, devise, mull over, study, contrive, ponder, invent, muse, ruminate, hypothesize, forge, reverberate, mull, conjecture, job, think over

2. study, meditate, contemplateverb

   think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes

   "He is meditating in his study"

   Synonyms:
   contemplate, study, speculate, consider, reflect, chew over, excogitate, learn, canvass, analyse, read, hit the books, think over, ruminate, ponder, muse, take, mull, canvas, analyze, mull over, examine

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1. reminateadjective

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1. meditateverb

   Synonyms:
   plan, contrive, devise, scheme, concoct, intend, purpose, COMPASS

2. meditateverb

   Synonyms:
   contemplate, study, chew, ruminate, think on, reflect upon, revolve in the mind, turn over in the mind, dwell intently upon, chew the cud upon

3. meditateverb

   Synonyms:
   muse, ponder, think, reflect, rack, beat or cudgel one's brains, collect one's thoughts, advise with one's pillow

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1. meditateverb

   Synonyms:
   contemplate, muse, ponder, cogitate, reflect, think

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How to use meditate in a sentence?

1. Mona Gohara:

   A morning shower allows for time to meditate and regroup before starting a long or hectic day, this mindfulness can decrease inflammation in the skin by keeping levels of a hormone called cortisol capped.

2. Lewis Thomas, The Medusa and the Snail (1979):

   We pass the word around; we ponder how the case is put by different people, we read the poetry; we meditate over the literature; we play the music; we change our minds; we reach an understanding. Society evolves this way, not by shouting each other down, but by the unique capacity of unique, individual human beings to comprehend each other.

3. Swami Sivanada:

   Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good do good. Be kind be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself.

4. Santosh Chaudhuri:

   He sat under a tree and was attacked by the leopard then, the monk walked in about 1 to 2 kilometers from the temple, into the forest to meditate. That is where he was attacked. He would go out regularly to meditate.

5. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer:

   You get a lot of time to work out, meditate, take it easy, it's a wonderful thing to do.