verb
reflect deeply on a subject (Freq. 3)
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I mulled over the events of the afternoon
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philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
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The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
• Syn:
↑chew over, ↑meditate, ↑ponder, ↑excogitate, ↑contemplate, ↑muse, ↑reflect, ↑mull, ↑mull over, ↑ruminate, ↑speculate
• Derivationally related forms:
↑speculative (for: ↑speculate), ↑speculation (for: ↑speculate), ↑ruminative (for: ↑ruminate), ↑rumination (for: ↑ruminate), ↑ruminator (for: ↑ruminate), ↑muller (for: ↑mull), ↑reflective (for: ↑reflect), ↑muse (for: ↑muse), ↑muser (for: ↑muse), ↑musing (for: ↑muse), ↑contemplative (for: ↑contemplate), ↑contemplation (for: ↑contemplate), ↑excogitative (for: ↑excogitate), ↑ponderer (for: ↑ponder), ↑meditative (for: ↑meditate), ↑meditation (for: ↑meditate)
• Hyponyms:
↑premeditate, ↑theologize, ↑theologise, ↑introspect, ↑bethink, ↑cogitate, ↑wonder, ↑question, ↑puzzle, ↑study, ↑consider
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s PP
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Somebody ——s something
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think over
To reconsider at leisure
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Main Entry: ↑think
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ˌthink ˈover [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they think over he/she/it thinks over present participle thinking over past tense thought over past participle thought over] phrasal verb
to consider a problem or decision carefully
Let’s think over his proposal before we see him again.
Thesaurus: to think carefully or a lot about thingssynonym
Main entry: think
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think over [phrasal verb]
think (something) over or think over (something) : to think about (something) for a period of time especially in an effort to understand or make a decision about it
I've thought over what you said, and you're right.
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Main Entry: ↑think
Useful english dictionary. 2012.